grants for small business

ONE MORE ON THAT IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. BUT RIGHT NOW AT NOON, MORE FEDERAL HELP IS ON THE WAY TO PARTS OF LOUISIANA IN THE WAKE OF FRANCINE. AS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS APPROVED OUR STATES DISASTER DECLARATION. SO THIS COULD INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM GRANTS TO REPAIR YOUR HOME TO LOW COST LOANS. WDSUS ARIELLE BRUMFIELD IS LIVE FOR US IN SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH. ONE OF THE PARISHES COVERED UNDER THIS ASSISTANCE, AND ARIELLE, WHO ELSE IS REPRESENTED IN THIS. WELL, RANDY, LIKE YOU SAID, SO MANY PARISHES HAVE BEEN IN NEED AFTER HURRICANE FRANCINE. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT FUNDING IS FINALLY COMING AND SOME OF THE PARISHES WILL INCLUDE HERE IN SAINT JOHN THAT AID WILL ALSO GO TO LAFOURCHE, SAINT CHARLES, SAINT JAMES AND TERREBONNE PARISHES. NOW, ASSISTANCE LIKE YOU SAID, RANDI CAN INCLUDE GRANTS FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING AND HOME REPAIRS, LOW COST LOANS, AND OTHER PROGRAMS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESS OWNERS RECOVER FROM THE HURRICANE. FEDERAL FUNDING IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO CERTAIN PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. NOW, AT THIS TIME, WE DO KNOW THAT NEW ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON PARISH IS NOT INCLUDED ON THAT FEDERAL FUNDING LIST. BUT WE ARE TOLD THAT ITS POSSIBLE THINGS CAN CHANGE. SO OF COURSE, WELL BE KEEPING YOU UPDATED AS WE KNOW MORE HERE IN SAINT JOHN. IM ARI