Below, you may make a donation to the United Way of Florida's Disaster Recovery Fund or your gift may also be made directly to a local United Way impacted by the hurricane. Contributions to the UWOF Disaster Fund will be directed to the most impacted communities in Florida.
As of January 2025, there are no plans to forgive outstanding SBA EIDL loans.
A disaster recovery plan is a strategic unit in business continuity, which provides a set of procedures to enact when your small business is faced with an unplanned emergency or natural disaster.
As of January 2025, there are no plans to forgive outstanding SBA EIDL loans.
Businesses must meet the following criteria to qualify for economic injury: The business was directly impacted by the disaster. The business cannot cover expenses due to the disaster and/or debt payments. The business was physically located in the declared disaster area.
There is no provision for forgiveness on these loans, nor should anyone expect that there will be. The EIDL is a decades-old program, and if they forgive loans for this particular disaster, then borrowers for every other EIDL program are going to expect forgiveness on their loans as well. It's not happening.