Small Business Resilience Hub

Small Business Resilience: Disaster Preparedness and Recovery

Use these tools, training, and resources to ensure that you keep the doors to your small business open during and after any catastrophe.

SCORE is here for you.

SCORE is here to support you in the wake of recent hurricanes. Our Small Business Resilience Hub offers essential tools, training and resources to help your business recover and remain strong through these challenging times.

Find information on FEMA and other resources to help your business recover, or request a mentor for personalized guidance through this challenging period.

The SBA is accepting and reviewing disaster loan applications. However, new loan offers will be delayed due to a lapse in Congressional funding. Learn more at www.sba.gov/funding-programs/disaster-assistance.

Get Help Through Your Toughest Challenges

Mentors can help you navigate your toughest business challenges, including supporting you through various disasters and crises. Enter your zip code below and complete the mentoring request form to be paired with a local expert who can answer your questions and connect you with local community information and resources.

Small Business Emergency Resources

SBA Disaster Loan Assistance: Your Lifeline After a Crisis

Loan assistance is available for small businesses currently impacted by disasters.

Tornado Preparedness Checklist

This checklist will help you prepare for a tornado's effect on your organization, employees and community by highlighting activities you should undertake before, during, and following the event.

Hurricane Preparedness Checklist

This checklist will help you prepare for a hurricane’s effect on your organization, employees and community by highlighting activities you should undertake before, during, and following the event.

Disaster Recovery Kit Checklist

A disaster, no matter how great or small, can be a hectic time in both your professional and personal life. This disaster recovery kit checklist will provide a breakdown of the items necessary to initiate recovery procedures in the wake of an interruption.

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Planning for Disaster

From earthquakes and tornadoes to fires and floods, natural disasters can put your small business out of commission—and even out of business permanently.

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Disaster Preparedness for Retail Stores

40 to 60% of small businesses that close due to a natural disaster never re-open. Download this eguide to learn how to create and implement a disaster plan.

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Supply Chain Disruptions: What Small Business Owners Need to Know

We break down why the supply chain is disrupted to better help you source products.

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Top Tips for Helping Your Small Business Survive a Disaster or a Crisis

These tips can help you get started by taking a step-by-step approach with the goal to survive and rebuild a business after any kind of calamity.

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How to Communicate Operational Changes with Clients During A Crisis

At a time when changes are unfolding by the hour and operations are on-hold like during the coronavirus crisis, swift action and open communication are vital.

Disaster Prep and Recovery Resource Library