Revie Plus Covid-19 Relief Grant

The application for alabama's revive plus covid-19 relief grant is open for small businesses, non-profits and faith-based organizations that have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

This is the second wave of funding the state is awarding to small businesses from the cares act funding.

Those eligible can receive up to 20 thousand dollars.

Waay 31's grace campbell spoke with two local businesses who jumped at the opportunity to apply for this grant.

The coronavirus has caused many business owners to make the tough decision to close their doors for good.

Morgan stanfill is the owner of kendry collection boutique and she told me receiving any amount from the revive plus grant will help keep things running smoothly.

Me: "what would it mean to you and your business if you were to receive this grant?"

Morgan: "you know, um, i could totally cry but let me get my stuff together.... "to be able to stay open would just mean the world to me."

Stanfill didn't apply for the first grant because she believed there were other businesses that were in more need than her own.

But as the pandmic continued to drag on and she was faced with different setbacks, stanfill quickly applied for the revive plus grant for her huntsville business.

"i decided to apply for this one to basically just recoup any cost that i could and then it doesn't stop.

You still have to pay rent, you still have to pay bills and all that stuff fire and spice was awarded the first grant, and huntsville restaurant owner thomas poux applied for this newest one, too.

Thomas poux: "it's just going to help make sure that we keep the doors open."

Fire and spices food truck is the main aspect of business that's been impacted, but poux says with the restaurants slower months ahead and the uncertainty of the pandmic, if awarded this grant it will help him keep all his employees working.

"we don't know what is going to happen in a few weeks, we could be back to just doing dine out, dine-out only and no dining in.

So, at least we will have that as a cushion."

Both businesses have not had to let anyone go because of the pandemic, and both owners told me receiving this grant will help ensure they can continue having their full staff.

Live in madison, grace campbell, waay 31 news.

Thanks grace.

The money for the grant is just a portion of the near one-point-nine billion dollars in "cares act funding" given to alabama.

The state has until the end of the year to use the money or it