The Child Care Council of Westchester has taken on many additional tasks to help families and childcare providers navigate this pandemic. For parents, they assembled and maintain a list of open childcare centers, and while all services for parents are always free, the Council is offering extra services to first responders and healthcare workers. Their specialists are also maintaining a cultivated list of quality online educational and entertainment resources for at-home use. The Council is launching a scholarship program, funded by the Westchester Community Foundation, to provide financial assistance for childcare costs to first responders, essential workers and low-income families. […]

Just like the Boy Scouts, Jan Mirchandani and Westchester Marketing Café are always prepared, so they was able to jump right into mask production when COVID-19 hit. Teaming up with Croton Face Mask Makers group, in one month they have sewn and distributed more than 6,500 facemasks and scrub caps for front line medical professionals and essential workers including those at Phelps Memorial, Abbott House, NewYork Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital, Cardinal McCloskey Community Services and Northern Westchester Hospital. The Boy Scouts of America have donated neckerchiefs to be converted into masks.    

Having served in the military for 30 years including several tours of duty in Afghanistan, Rosa Ramirez knows what its like to be on the front lines. That’s why she decided to do her part to keep them well-fed during this crisis. Her White Plains company Honey Baked Ham was already making food donations once a week, but shifted to focus on frontline workers after the COVID-19 epidemic. They have provided more than 200 boxed lunch meals to Urgent Care of Westchester, White Plains Hospital, Saint Joseph’s Medical Center, White Plains Urgent Care, New Rochelle Fire Department, Feeding Westchester (for […]

With the struggle to obtain personal protective equipment for the frontline, essential workers in New York, private aviation aircraft have become essential in moving supplies fast. Million Air Westchester, is stepping up to help by donating 8,000 3-ply surgical respiratory masks and 1100 KN95 protective face masks to White Plains Hospital, using its aircraft to get them there quickly. The face masks arrived Monday at Million Air’s new hangar and passenger terminal at Westchester County Airport on a Million Air flight from Houston. They were delivered personally by Woolsey to the hospital, a part of the Montefiore Health System. “Private […]

We have received the following updates from the Small Business Administration. Also, please find attached the Senator’s most recent COVID-19 Grants Guidebook that was updated following the President’s signature last Friday on the latest stimulus bill. CLICK HERE for full Guidebook. With additional appropriations approved, SBA has provided operational updates to PPP processing, updated FAQ’s, and updates on the status of the EIDL program. Please see below. Contents EIDL/EIDL-A updates Important Operational Memo below Updates further below to Interim Final Rule and FAQs  Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) & Advances: The SBA is unable to accept new applications at this time […]

Frequently Asked Questions for Lenders and Borrowers for the Paycheck Protection Program CLICK HERE to Download PDF