County of Sutter, CA

The application process is underway for the first round of direct relief grants from the State of California to businesses impacted by COVID-19. Here's the website that explains the program and where you apply. The deadline is Friday, January 8, for getting an application completed.

You may get targeted by scammers. Our IT security folks have this to say: Congress has just passed another bill to provide stimulus to the economy and provide help to the public. As a result, many Americans will be receiving money from the Federal Government in the form of checks or direct deposit in the upcoming weeks. While the timing and details are still in up the air I wanted to stress a few things: The government will not ask you to pay any money up front to receive ...your money. The government will not call you, text you, email you, or message you on social media to ask you for your social security number, bank account number or credit card number. The IRS already has your information from when you filed your 2019 taxes. If they do need to contact you, they will use a letter sent via the United States Postal Service. There is no way to get the money early or to receive the money faster. The IRS and Treasury Department will be working as fast as they can. If you’re contacted by anyone claiming to be Federal Government and they need your personal information to process your check, that you need to pay a fee to release the funds, or that you can expedite the release of your funds for a fee, you’re dealing with a scammer. Don’t fall for it! Instead, you can report these scammers to the Federal Trade Commission (link: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/) who will then share that information with federal, state and local law enforcement to help them catch these bad guys.

Another Better Way success. Good job, Michelle.

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