Public Servants Supporting Our Community with PPP Loan Forgiveness
Our Small Business Initiatives team at Raza Development Fund consider ourselves public servants who strive to do everything we can for our clients and our community. Now that the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program is over, we are assisting our PPP clients through the loan forgiveness process. To date, at least 50% of RDF’s 489 PPP clients have either received full loan forgiveness or submitted for forgiveness. For our clients, this allows them to continue stabilizing their business with peace of mind. For us, it brings us a sense of accomplishment knowing we were able to help a small …
Gracias a Nuestros Grupos de Opinión
Muchas gracias a los empresarios de nuestros grupos de opinión: Raza Development Fund organizó sesiones de grupos de opinión para oír directamente a los propietarios de pequeños negocios y comprender mejor cómo han tenido que navegar los retos sin precedente de operar durante una pandemia, con los altibajos de la economía al enfrentar la dinámica de un entorno de trabajo cambiante. El pasado mayo, RDF, junto con Vanderbilt University, condujo una serie de cinco sesiones de grupos de opinión en persona, con propietarios de pequeños negocios del área metropolitana de Phoenix. La finalidad de cada sesión fue escuchar el impacto …
Cuidado con los fraudes de préstamos
RDF exhorta a todos los prestatarios del Programa de protección de pago a visitar el sitio web de la Administración de Pequeños Negocios (SBA) para conocer sus políticas de revelación de datos. Entérense de los tipos de información personal divulgada y las empresas que tienen acceso a los datos. Empresas privadas pueden obtener acceso a esos datos y usar esa información para enviarles ofertas de préstamos para pequeños negocios. Hemos sabido de muchos propietarios de pequeños negocios que obtuvieron un préstamo del PPP de Raza Development Fund, que ya recibieron una carta de oferta, listando a RDF como su prestamista. …
Beware of Loan Scams
RDF encourages all Paycheck Protection Program loan borrowers to visit the Small Business Administration (SBA)’s website to learn about their data sharing policies. Be in the know about the types of personal information released and the companies who are able to access that data. Private companies may access this data and use the information to send you a solicitation for a small business loan. We are aware many small business owners who received a PPP loan from Raza Development Fund have already received a solicitation letter listing RDF as your lender. Be aware, sometimes it is difficult to spot …
Thank You to Focus Group Business Owners
A Big Thank You to Focus Group Business Owners: To better understand how small business owners have had to navigate the unprecedented challenges of operating through a pandemic, with the economy’s ups and downs while facing the changing dynamics of a changing work environment, Raza Development Fund hosted focus group sessions to hear directly from small business owners. This May, RDF in conjunction with Vanderbilt University conducted a series of five in-person focus group sessions with Phoenix metro area based small business owners. The purpose of each session was to hear from business owners how they were impacted by the …
