Grants

The Economic Empowerment Grant (EEG) is an entrepreneurial grant designed and administered by the JCPD to provide unemployed or low-income earning persons with disabilities with financial support for starting or expanding a business. Caregivers of persons with disabilities may apply on their behalf. The grant offers a maximum of Two Hundred Thousand Jamaican Dollars (JMD 200,000.00) for an individual application while it offers a maximum of four hundred thousand Jamaican dollars (JMD 400,000.00) for a group application.

Eligibility:

1. Applicants must be registered with the JCPD.
2. Applicants must be unemployed or earning no more than the national minimum wage as determined by the Government of Jamaica.
3. Applicants must demonstrate an entrepreneurial need for this grant.
4. A group of two or more individuals may be considered for an EEG.
5. A Group application must ensure that persons with disabilities constitute a minimum of sixty (60%) percent ownership of the business.
6. All applicants for an EEG must accept and be willing to facilitate monitoring of the business by the JCPD for six months upon receiving the EEG.
7. Applicants must either own the business property or provide documented proof of permission to operate at the specified location for a minimum period of one (1) year. 

JCPD’s role and responsibility: 

1. The JCPD’s Officer is to ensure that the following documents are current and are submitted upon application for this grant:
2. A completed EEG application form for the client registered with the JCPD.
3. A  Food handler's permit, where needed.
4. Relevant licenses required for operating the business.
5. Invoice no older than three (3) months
6. A Business profile.
7. Letter of permission from the property owner, signed and stamped by a Justice of the Peace (JP), where necessary.
8. Rent receipt if the property for operating the business is rented.