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• The employees’ bargaining unit must agree to voluntarily participate and sign the application for Work Sharing.
• Afected work units to be covered by the Work Sharing plan, and each participating employee, must be identified by their
legal name and Social Security number.
• Employees must know in advance that their employer plans to take part in the Work Sharing program.
• Provide the estimated amount of layofs to be avoided by participating in the Work Sharing program.
• Provide all necessary reports and information to the EDD.
The Work Sharing program has these restrictions:
• Leased, intermittent, seasonal, or temporary service employees cannot participate;
• Corporate oficers or major stock holders with investment in the company cannot participate; and
• Work Sharing cannot be used as a transition to a layof.
Local and Regional Resilience Resources
California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC). The CRC will provide funding and capacity building to create a new generation of
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-led Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) that support and
invest in minority-owned small businesses, microentrepreneurs of color, and afordable housing in low-income communities
of color. Grantees will receive two-year grants, technical assistance, and capacity building, and will participate in peer learning
opportunities to achieve CDFI certification, strengthen organizational balance sheets, and provide expanded programming,
including new loan funds, to assist low-income small business owners, microentrepreneurs, and families.
Criteria for Nonprofit Cohort Members to Qualify for CRC Grants. The Fund will make grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organizations in good standing with the IRS. CRC is especially interested in organizations that:
• Demonstrate BIPOC leadership throughout the organization (executive director, senior leadership, and board);
• Are based in California;
• Primarily serve low- and moderate-income communities of color;
• Plan to launch a CDFI or have received CDFI certification in the past two years; and
• Support BIPOC-owned small businesses or afordable housing.
Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs). As mentioned previously, SBDC is a nationwide network of events and
assistance opportunities to help small businesses grow in the U.S.. Local centers provide no-cost business consulting (including
for disaster-specific concerns) and low-cost training resources. SBDCs can help small businesses navigate federal disaster
funding opportunities and ofer advice in navigating next steps.
California Resilience Fund. The League of California Community Foundations (LCCF) has designed a fund to provide
centralized opportunities for funders to invest in disaster relief and recovery through community foundations — trusted
intermediaries that are deeply connected to afected communities. As mentioned previously, this fund supports both disaster
recovery and resilience for organizations meeting their criteria.
Private Resilience Resources
The Restaurants Care Resilience Fund was created in 2017, afer the Sonoma County firestorms, as a safety net for restaurant
workers. In May 2021, with the support of private sector industry partners, the Restaurants Care Resilience Fund began providing
grants to restaurants directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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