PBA COVID-19 Relief Fund for Unemployed Licensed Beauty Professionals.

Due to Stay-at-Home orders, non-essential businesses have had to close their doors to the public until further notice. Individuals in the beauty industry have been hit hard during this time, and as a result, the Professional Beauty Association has started the PBA COVID-19 Relief Fund in which individuals can receive financial assistance, made possible by donations.

This new fund is designed to help beauty professionals who have been unable to work and are experiencing financial hardships due to COVID-19. The Professional Beauty Association has created a resource page for beauty professionals with information pertaining to financial help, educational resources, and a link to become a member of the PBA for free. You can read more here.

The PBA COVID-19 Relief Fund will provide $500 to licensed professionals unable to work due to the virus, and is intended to help with short-term expenses such as food or bills.

Some things the PBA notes about the relief fund:

• Funds are limited to donations in hand and we expect to receive an overwhelming number of applications.
• We understand $500 doesn’t replace your lost income, our goal is to provide a meaningful amount of aid while assisting as many as possible. Not everyone who submits an application will receive funding.
• Applications will be reviewed on a daily basis Monday through Friday.
• In order for your application to be considered, you MUST complete all the requested fields accurately.
• Applications will be funded with a lottery system as donations are received so that all eligible applicants have an equal chance of receiving aid.
• Do not submit multiple applications. Duplicates slow down the process for everyone and those submitting multiple applications will be disqualified.
• Due to growing concern for our staff’s ability to work onsite with quarantines, potential mail disruption, business closures & overall need to speed up funding delivery, our payment delivery approach will be an electronic gift card.

If you wish to donate to the PBA COVID-19 Relief Fund, you can find the form here.