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Some restaurants received new Restaurant Revitalization Fund money. Find out why.

In March 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act provided $28.6 billion to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. In November, 2022, SBA announced that it was distributing $83 million in unobligated RRF money to 169 restaurant operators who had pending RRF applications.
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Find restaurants in your neighborhood that received pandemic funding.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) provided $28.5 billion in Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) grants to 100,700 restaurants and similar businesses to help keep their doors open. Recipients are not required to repay the grant money as long as they spend it for approved uses no later than March 11, 2023.
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Owners of San Diego Restaurants Charged with COVID-Relief Fraud and Money Laundering

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Brighton Man Pleads Guilty to $1.5 Million COVID-Relief Fraud

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Louisiana Woman Charged with Cares Act Fraud

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Brighton Man Arrested for $1.5 Million COVID-Relief Fraud

BOSTON – The owner of a Massachusetts-based food truck business has been arrested and charged in connection with allegedly filing fraudulent loan applications in order to obtain $1.5 million in pandemic relief under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the American Rescue Plan Act.
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