Local organizations detailed how CARES funding will help small businesses stay afloat, and help parents navigate childcare during the pandemic. Commissioners Bill Riphahn, Kevin Cook and Aaron Mays heard from The Greater Topeka Partnership and Child Care Aware on how both organizations plan to disperse the CARES funding that was approved Sept. 17. Glenda Washington, senior vice president of entrepreneurial and minority business development, said the Greater Topeka Partnership has created the Small Business Continuity program. Sixty businesses impacted by COVID-19 will go through “specialized modules,” and write continuity plans to maintain “sanity as well as (their) clients” during emergencies like fires, floods or tornadoes, Washington told commissioners at Monday’s meeting, 701 N. Kansas Ave.
Source: Local News | Topeka Capital-Journal
