Financial counselling and related services for small regional businesses facing hardship
Regional Small Business Support ProgramLast Updated: 04 March 2022
Regional Small Business Support Program
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.
Application detail:
Apply at any time.
What you get?
Free financial counselling services.
Who is this for?
Small regional businesses.
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.