Business and Community Resources
FEDERAL
- Business Continuity Plan and Resource Requirements Worksheet from FEMA's ready.gov site.
- Federal Emergency Management Association
- Track reimbursable COVID-19 expenses
- U.S. Department of Labor
- Workers and employers dealing with the effects on wages, hours and leave; unemployment insurance, workplace safety, dislocated workers and more
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- Disaster Loan Assistance
KANSAS
- Kansas COVID-19 Response and Recovery (State of Kansas web page)
One-stop resource for Kansas families and business owners seeking quick access to the information and tools they need to navigate and mitigate the impact of coronavirus in our state.
- KansasWorks
- Virtual services offered for job seekers
- Kansas Department of Labor
- Unemployment claims for individuals
- Kansas Department of Commerce
- SBA Disaster Relief Assistance and other business resources
K-STATE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION RESOURCES
- Our Valuable Records (form-fillable PDF)
News Releases
- Huck Boyd National Institute announces leaders of the year (September 2, 2021)
- Heather Johnson, S&S Drug, Part 2 (July 7, 2021)
- State official notes success in helping Kansas small businesses (March 11, 2021)
- Gail and Sue Johnson, Johnson Farms Country Market (March 3, 2021)
- Heather Hartman, Mitchell County Strong (November 25, 2020)
- Tara Vance, Norton County Community Foundation (November 11, 2020)
- Kansas Wheat and K-State Grain Science flour distribution (Oct 21, 2020)
- Keri Harris, volunteer mask-maker (October 14, 2020)
- Bob Morando, Farmer Direct Foods (September 23, 2020)
- Cherokee County Food Fight (September 16, 2020)
- Speaker encourages small town economies to be ‘idea friendly’ (August 13, 2020)
- New media expert urges businesses to start online presence (June 15, 2020)
- Kansas Profile--Rick McNary, Shop Kansas Farms (June 3, 2020)
- Bottleneck in beef industry pushes producers into making key decisions (May 15, 2020)
- Lea Ann Seiler, Hodgeman County makerspace (news release May 13, 2020)
- Rural businesses should consider post-COVID-19 strategies (May 8, 2020)
- Ag economists warn against overreaction to meat industry structure in face of COVID-19 (May 6, 2020)
- Business contingency plans can help in event of illness or other absence (May 5, 2020)
- Pandemic guidelines especially important as businesses re-open (May 4, 2020)
- Rural grocery stores finding creative ways to stay open, serve communities (April 27, 2020)
- K-State lab continues work to help assure safety of U.S. foods (April 17, 2020)
Community Features
- Marilyn Jones, Sunflower Theatre (April 14, 2021)
- Lea Ann Seiler, Hodgeman County makerspace (May 13, 2020)
- Alicia Boor, Great Bend virtual farm show (May 6 2020)
- Now That’s Rural: Hayes Kelman, Boot Hill Distillery (April 15, 2020)
Audio
- Mitchell County Strong (November 27, 2020)
- Tara Vance, Community Bingo (November 13, 2020)
- Providing flour in a pandemic (October 23, 2020)
- Keri Harris: Masks (October 16, 2020)
- Stopping COVID-19 in Meat Processing Facilities … Agricultural Law Update (September 16, 2020)
- Tad Felts-Online (September 11, 2020)
- Shop Kansas Farms, (June 5 2020)
- Hodgeman Maker Space (May15, 2020)
- Getting creative to stay open (May 11, 2020)
- Surviving narrow margins (May 8, 2020)
- Meat Processing, Supply and COVID-19…"Stop, Look and Listen" (May 6, 2020)
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- Contingency Planning for Your Family and Farm Operation (Purdue Women in Agriculture Team)
- Farm chore inventory worksheet (MS Word document, April 14, 2020)
