ATLANTA –
  
  The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small aquaculture businesses and most private nonprofit organizations in
  
   Mississippi
  
  of the deadline to submit disaster loan applications for economic injury caused by the severe storms, tornadoes, high winds and flooding on Dec. 23-28, 2015.  The deadline to apply for a working capital disaster loan is
  
   Oct. 4, 2016
  
  .
  “We urge businesses that suffered economic losses as a result of the disaster and want to apply for low-interest loans from the SBA to do so before the
  
   Oct. 4
  
  deadline,” said Frank Skaggs, director of SBA Field Operations Center East in Atlanta.
  Low-interest disaster loans are available in the counties of Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Chickasaw, Clay, Coahoma, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes Marshall, Monroe, Panola, Prentiss, Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, and Yalobusha counties in
  
   Mississippi
  
  ; Lamar and Marion in
  
   Alabama
  
  ; Desha and Phillips in
  
   Arkansas
  
  ; Fayette, Hardeman and Shelby in
  
   Tennessee
  
  .
Working capital disaster loans up to $2 million are available at 4 percent for small businesses, and 2.625 percent for private nonprofit organizations with terms up to 30 years. The loans are intended to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable, and other expenses that could have been paid had the disaster not occurred. To be considered for this assistance, eligible entities need to apply by the deadline.
  Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at
  
https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela
  
  .
  Applications and program information are available by calling the SBA’s Customer Service Center at 1-800-659-2955 (1-800-877-8339 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing), or by sending an email to
  
   disastercustomerservice@sba.gov
  
  . Loan applications can also be downloaded from the SBA’s website at
  
www.sba.gov
/disaster
. Completed applications should be mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
  The deadline to return economic injury applications is
  
Oct. 4, 2016
  
  .
 
  ATLANTA –
 
 The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small aquaculture businesses and most private nonprofit organizations in
 
  Mississippi
 
 of the deadline to submit disaster loan applications for economic injury caused by the severe storms, tornadoes, high winds and flooding on Dec. 23-28, 2015.  The deadline to apply for a working capital disaster loan is
 
  Oct. 4, 2016
 
 .
 ATLANTA –
 Mississippi
 Oct. 4, 2016
 “We urge businesses that suffered economic losses as a result of the disaster and want to apply for low-interest loans from the SBA to do so before the
 
  Oct. 4
 
 deadline,” said Frank Skaggs, director of SBA Field Operations Center East in Atlanta.
 Oct. 4
 Low-interest disaster loans are available in the counties of Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Chickasaw, Clay, Coahoma, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes Marshall, Monroe, Panola, Prentiss, Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, and Yalobusha counties in
 
  Mississippi
 
 ; Lamar and Marion in
 
  Alabama
 
 ; Desha and Phillips in
 
  Arkansas
 
 ; Fayette, Hardeman and Shelby in
 
  Tennessee
 
 .
 Mississippi
 Alabama
 Arkansas
 Tennessee
Working capital disaster loans up to $2 million are available at 4 percent for small businesses, and 2.625 percent for private nonprofit organizations with terms up to 30 years. The loans are intended to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable, and other expenses that could have been paid had the disaster not occurred. To be considered for this assistance, eligible entities need to apply by the deadline.
 Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at
 
https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela
 
 .
 Applications and program information are available by calling the SBA’s Customer Service Center at 1-800-659-2955 (1-800-877-8339 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing), or by sending an email to
 
  disastercustomerservice@sba.gov
 
 . Loan applications can also be downloaded from the SBA’s website at
 
www.sba.gov
/disaster
. Completed applications should be mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
 The deadline to return economic injury applications is
 
Oct. 4, 2016
 
 .
Oct. 4, 2016