Financial counselling and related services for small regional businesses facing hardship

This program provides financial counselling and related services to small regional businesses facing hardship due to drought, the COVID-19 pandemic or the 2019-20 bushfires.

Overview

This free, confidential service provides eligible small businesses with individual, tailored support to:

• better understand their financial position
• connect with government programs and assistance schemes
• identify long-term recovery options
• implement plans to improve the viability of their business
• access broader professional advice and support.

What are the eligibility criteria?

To be eligible, a small business must:

• employ 19 or fewer people
• be experiencing, or at imminent risk of, financial hardship as a result of drought, COVID-19 and/or bushfires
• be located in a regional area (defined as ‘MMM2’ to ‘MMM7’ on the Department of Health’s Modified Monash Modellink is external rurality classification)
• be ineligible to access services under the existing Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS) Program.

How do you apply?

Find out more about eligibility and how to apply at Regional Small Business Support Program.