MTI is administering the Maine Seafood Dealer and Processor Covid-19 Response and Resilience Grant Program (SDPP) to distribute approximately $16M in federal funding, including $10M from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) allocated through Governor Mills’ Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan (MJRP).
Donor Name: Maine Technology Institute
State: Maine
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/28/2022
Grant Size: $500,000
Details:
This initiative provides grant funding to help Maine’s wholesale seafood dealer and processor businesses recover from negative impacts resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. Their immediate goal is to make awards available as soon as possible.
Funds must be used to implement your plan and directly address negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Suggested expenses may include but are not limited to:
- Payroll costs and expenses
- Rent or mortgage payments for business facilities (unless otherwise waived by lessor/lender)
- Utilities payments
- Purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE) required by the business
- Business-related equipment purchases
- Investments to strengthen your business’ ability to mitigate pandemic-related market disruptions
- Expenses incurred to replenish inventory or other necessary re-opening expenses and other necessary operating expenses
Funding Information
Applicants can request up to $500,000 in total for both reimbursable expenses and future investments, but most awards will be substantially less than $500,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Your business may be considered for an SDPP grant award if:
- Your business is licensed by the Department of Marine Resources as a wholesale seafood dealer, lobster processor, seaweed buyer, worm dealer, elver dealer; or you are otherwise processing products harvested from marine waters in Maine for the wholesale trade.
- Your business was licensed by DMR and/or operational as of April 1, 2020.
- Your business sells into the wholesale trade.
- Your business has a permanent facility in Maine identified on your Department of Marine Resources (DMR) license.
- Your business was negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
- You can demonstrate a clear plan to utilize SDPP funds at your facility in Maine to directly address the negative economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic suffered by your Maine business.
- You are able and willing to comply with potential bi-annual reporting required by State and Federal law.
For more information, visit Maine Technology Institute.
