{"id":13,"date":"2020-03-23T14:22:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T14:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiftmfg.com\/index.php\/news\/covid-19-business-resources-for-smms\/"},"modified":"2020-03-23T14:22:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T14:22:12","slug":"covid-19-business-resources-for-smms","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/shiftmfg.com\/news\/covid-19-business-resources-for-smms\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Business Resources for SMMs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Shift team is working through ways to support and serve you through this challenging time including sharing resources for small to medium-sized manufacturers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.sam.gov\/opp\/34e60e0e6f2f4cba8db7a76bb4bf1fa8\/view#general\">Request for Information<\/a> (RFI) \u2013 Ventilators COVID-19 &#8211; Department of Health and Human Services&#8217; request for information to identify manufacturers who have the capability to produce ventilators in a timely mannor to support emergency response efforts.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnmalliance.com\/COVID-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buffalo Niagara Manufacturing Alliance<\/a>: Manufacturing resources related to HR, accounting services, insurance coverage, legal liabilities, and banking and liquidity. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepartnership.org\/covid19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buffalo Niagara Partnership<\/a>: Business resources including employer guidelines for HR, Legal, and Finance and audio recordings of pressing topics.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/rec\/play\/u5Z5f7z6pjo3H9fDtwSDUPItW421eqyshilL8vFfnUfhUngGZFWkYrdHZ-DhIHxGl1JWvs8RGgxQC8MN?continueMode=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audio Recording<\/a>: Workforce reduction executive order <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/esd.ny.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Empire State Development<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/esd.ny.gov\/guidance-executive-order-2026\">:&nbsp;Guidance on the Executive Order<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/esd.ny.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/Request%20for%20Designation%20Form_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">, Request for designation<\/a> as an essential business<a href=\"https:\/\/esd.ny.gov\/covid-19-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">, Submit<\/a> COVID-19 related business questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nam.org\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Association of Manufacturers<\/a>: Manufacturing resources including direct contact to the NAM COVID-19 response team, the Policy Action Plan, industry impact surveys, and state resources. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcnys.org\/managing-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Business Council of New York State<\/a>: Resources for NYS businesses including disaster relief and small business loan information.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtcbn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Word Trade Center Buffalo Niagara<\/a>: Information and updates on trade issues, policies, and announcements. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> If you have an issue or concern that you need help with, please send an email to Marissa Malone at mmalone@ewi.org. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Shift team is working through ways to support and serve you through this challenging time including sharing resources for small to medium-sized manufacturers. Request for Information (RFI) \u2013 Ventilators COVID-19 &#8211; Department of Health and Human Services&#8217; request for information to identify manufacturers who have the capability to produce ventilators in a timely mannor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiftmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiftmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiftmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiftmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiftmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}