From Bars to Business–The Podcast

The Covation Center is excited to present the podcast series From Bars to Business, a compelling exploration of how individuals with criminal records are overcoming barriers to re-enter society and rebuild their lives. A criminal record doesn’t have to be a life sentence, yet many people face significant challenges when...

Small Business Grant and Loan application

The SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan has a unique aspect – a “rapid advance” of $10,000 that is not required to be repaid – AKA, a grant. The process to apply for this grant is simple, and has few requirements for application, however the funds are limited, so early application...

KIVA loans — a “zero percent” alternative

Our Executive Director talks with Aden Wertz about the Kiva Loan program. Kiva loans are “crowd sourced” loans where people from across your community, and around the world, will loan money to enable a business to expand, grow, or operate. There are a number of changes in response to the...

Covid 19 and PA Unemployment Compensation

Welcome to the Covation Business Talks Podcast. This is the first episode, and we jump right in to the discussion about Pennsylvania’s changes to the Unemployment Compensation process due to the response to COVID 19. Now this process is subject to change as the challenges ahead change, but we recorded...