SBA, chamber working on disaster response

The U.S. Small Business Administration and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are pooling their resources to more effectively respond to major disasters.

The SBA will provide information about its disaster recovery program and the agency's resource partners (including Women's Business Centers, SCORE and Small Business Development Centers) to the chamber's Business Civic Leadership Center and local chambers of commerce. In addition, SBA will share situation analyses with BCLC and local chambers during pre-disaster and recovery periods, and share needs and capability assessments in the even of a catastrophic disaster.

The agency will work with BCLC to obtain volunteers who can support the disaster assistance process and on research studies about post-disaster economic recovery.

BCLC will provide information and on-site updates to the SBA and help bolster disaster assistance capabilities through its members and networks. It also will work with the resource partners to provide recovery assistance information to the local business community and details about how to prepare for a disaster.

For more information, visit www.sba.gov or www.uschamber.com/ bclc.

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