Illinois SBA Disaster Declaration, Severe Storms, April 2026
Summary
The SBA declared an Economic Injury Disaster Area in Illinois following severe storms in April 2026. Disaster Declarations #21493 and #21494 have been issued with Illinois Disaster Number IL-20024. This action enables eligible businesses and nonprofits in the designated areas to apply for SBA disaster loans to recover from economic injuries caused by the disaster.
What changed
The SBA issued an administrative disaster declaration for Illinois, designating portions of the state as an Economic Injury Disaster Area due to severe storms in April 2026. This declaration activates the SBA's disaster loan program, allowing eligible small businesses and nonprofits to access low-interest loans for economic recovery.
Affected businesses in the designated Illinois disaster areas should review SBA disaster loan eligibility requirements and consider applying if they suffered economic injury. The declaration provides a pathway for recovery financing but does not impose any compliance obligations or deadlines on businesses.
What to do next
- Affected businesses in declared areas may apply for SBA disaster loans
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Administrative Declaration of a Disaster for the State of Illinois
A Notice by the Small Business Administration on 04/14/2026
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ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
This is notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the state of Illinois dated April 9, 2026.
Incident: Severe Storm and Tornado.
DATES:
Issued on April 9, 2026.
Incident Period: March 10, 2026.
Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: June 8, 2026.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: January 11, 2027.
ADDRESSES:
Visit the MySBA Loan Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to apply for a disaster assistance loan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharon Henderson, Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205-6734.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice is hereby given as a result of the Administrator's disaster declaration, applications for disaster loans may be submitted online using the MySBA Loan Portal https://lending.sba.gov or in person at other locally announced locations. For further assistance please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center by email at disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or by phone at 1-800-659-2955. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.
The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster:
Primary Counties: Kankakee.
Contiguous Counties:
Illinois: Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Livingston, Will.
Indiana: Lake, Newton.
The Interest Rates are:
| For Physical Damage: | |
| Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere | 5.750 |
| Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.875 |
| Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere | 8.000 |
| Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere | 4.000 |
| Private Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.625 |
| Private Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.625 |
| For Economic Injury: | |
| Business and Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere | 4.000 |
| Private Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.625 |
The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 21493C and for economic injury is 214940.
The states which received an SBA Administrative declaration are Illinois, Indiana.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
(Authority: 13 CFR 123.3(b).)
James Stallings,
Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.
[FR Doc. 2026-07179 Filed 4-13-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8026-09-P
Published Document: 2026-07179 (91 FR 19248)
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