Web Resources
- Ready Business (an extension of Ready.gov) focuses on business preparedness and provides resources to helps owners and managers of small- to medium-sized businesses prepare their employees, operations, and assets in the event of an emergency.
- SCORE’s Small Business Resilience Hub offers training and resources and can connect you to a mentor.
- SCORE for Women Entrepreneurs offers training, resources, and mentors to meet the needs of women business owners.
- Virginia Small Business Development Center (SBDC) offer no cost individualized consulting for small businesses.
- Business Resilience Self-assessment for Tourism-related Businesses in Coastal Virginia.
- Institute for Business and Home Safety offers resources to help business owners protect their property from damage caused by natural disasters.
Other Checklists and Tools
- Quick list of what you can do to get started with disaster protection and business continuity planning. Actions are organized into three categories: No cost, under $500, and more than $500.
- Resilience in a Box and Business Resilience 101 Workbook by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
- Use this Small Business Resiliency Guide and accompanying business resiliency plan template.
- Ready New York For Business – Emergency Planning Process Checklist.
- AgBiz Logic offers a user-friendly web-based economic, financial, and environmental decision tools designed for businesses that grow, harvest, package, add value, and sell agricultural products.
- The Disaster Assistance Recovery Tool from the USDA helps you learn about USDA disaster assistance programs that might be right for your business.