DECD ARPA Funds Survey

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The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) is planning how to use Federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to assist Maine businesses that have been negatively impacted by Covid-19. This survey is to collect feedback to ensure that these funds are accessible widely, especially to organizations and businesses that were impacted by the pandemic but unable to access adequate funds to date. Thank you for providing your thoughts.

Where did you hear about this survey?

MTI

State Chamber

Local Chamber

Other:

Clear selection

How was your business impacted negatively by the pandemic?

Financial loss

Costs incurred due to health / safety concerns

Diminished access to credit / investment capital

Supply chain disruptions

Inability to hire/retain sufficient workforce

Was not negatively impacted

Other: (please explain)

Did you apply for federal, state or local assistance? If so, which (include all)?

Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)

Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL)

CARES Act (from State of Maine)

Applied to one or more but was rejected

Did not apply - was not eligible

Did not apply - may have been eligible

Did not apply - Didn't know about it

Other

Other:

If you could not access federal, State or local relief options like PPP or economic recovery grants, why couldn’t you?

Date of founding made my business ineligible

Did not have all the financial documentation needed

Did not have the percentage of loss required at the time

Ineligible type of company or enterprise

Did not understand application requirements

Application was not available in my first language

Other:

What are you still having challenges with?

What is range of funds that are needed to allow your enterprise to survive?

$5,000-$10,000

$11,000-$20,000

$20,000-$50,000

$50,000-$100,000

$100,000-$200,000

$200,000-$500,000

$500,000 to $750,000

$750,000 or more

Other:

Clear selection

What timing of assistance would be most useful to your business survival or growth?

As soon as possible

Not until early 2022

Later in 2022

Other:

If financial assistance is a loan and not a grant, will you still apply and accept it ?

Yes

Maybe - give details below.

Other:

We want to make sure that a wide range of businesses impacted negatively by covid-19 will have been able to access funds; what barriers do you face, and what assistance do you need to apply?

Optional: share your business name

Optional: What type of business is it? (industry and structure)

(Optional) Contact person

Optional: Your businesses' annual revenues

under $10,000

$10,000-$50,000

$50,000-$100,000

$100,000-$500,000

$500,000-$1M

$1M-$4M

$4M-$10M

Over $10M

Clear selection

Optional: How many employees does your business have currently?

2-5

6-10

11-20

21-50

51-100

Over 100

Clear selection

Optional: How many fewer employees does your business have now than before the start of the pandemic?

Same number, lost almost none

2-5

6-10

11-20

21-50

51-100

Over 100

Clear selection

What be your priorities for any money you receive in the future?

Pay current staff

Increase pay and/or benefits offered to retain current staff and/or attract new hires

Health / Safety measures

Equipment to improve production efficiency

Capital to address transportation needs

Other: (please explain)

(Optional) Email

(Optional) Phone number

(Optional) Website

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