Through a $555,000 grant agreement between EWD and Working Solutions, the Oakland CARES Act Home-Based Business Grant Program distributed grants of $2,000 to $4,000 to 159 home-based, for-profit businesses in Oakland.
Home-based businesses provide essential income to many entrepreneurs who have yet to grow their business to a brick-and-mortar location.
Priority was given to home-based businesses representing a broad geographic diversity in Oakland, especially those located in low-income areas or otherwise historically vulnerable communities.