Most stylist out independent contractors with no benefits getting turned down for small business loans and help because no employees No we are SELF employed. We have been off for 4 weeks with no help and not seeing any in the near future. LET US WORK We have the same sanitation education the nurses do We have continuing education on sanitation regularly

Beauty professionals can not preform their services via the internet or any other way except hands on. They need to be in reasonable contact to preform this safe and Necessary service to maintain their livelihood.

You might ask, why is this so important!? Beauty professionals are at risk of survival. We are facing grave financial hardships due to the pandemic.

This is important because people are already suffering from the shut-down. Now they can't get their hair cut or colored, which can be a humiliating proposition for many. Women especially, that are in "essential" businesses themselves, are being forced to go to work with un-kept hair and grown-out color. Furthermore, independent stylists are at risk of losing their small businesses and DESERVE to be allowed to service their fellow community members. If GOLF COURSES and CAR WASHES can be open...???...then independent hair salon owners that can service one client at a time should be too!

A lot of barbershops are small business owners they are taking a really big hit during the pandemic and could possibly lose their business

Most salons are owner operated and do not qualify for unemployment or any type of income assistance. Hair and Nail salons already practice extreme sanitation and cleanliness practices.

For the livelihood of the licensed hairstylist.

Independent Beauty Professionals rely on the income from clients. They cannot perform a haircut online. While the “beauty industry is deemed “Non essential”, the ability to practice their craft is very ESSENTIAL to their livelihood. They are facing a grave financial hardship.

The survival of the independent beauty professionals is at risk. We are facing a grave financial hardship.

Ever since COVID-19 it has been affecting us in major ways and forcing people to make tough decisions for their families. We are going through financial hardship. we were promised bail outs through small business loans or grants. Yet the government has made the stipulations on these grants nearly impossible for our type of business to qualify for the loan to become a grant. Most grooming shops if not all grooming shops have been/ will be denied . We have no help when we have been promised help. The Quarantine was implemented to flatten the curve of the spread of COVID-19 to assure that hospitals were not overwhelmed all the once in to help prevent such a rapid spread . The numbers of infected people is on the decline . Grooming shops are very clean we take this serious this is our livelihood if we do not return back to work by May 1st many small businesses will be lost . We will not be able to pay our bills, rents/mortgages, Insurances, we have the very potentially of losing everything. We still have to pay our mortgages/ rents and phone bills and gas and electric none of this has stopped for us . Yes, we can postpone them, but they’re not going away! Some of us can still sustain for a while, but that doesn’t mean that we are doing OK this is how we pay our bills this is how we feed our families and we are not getting any help from anyone, nor are we asking for it. We just want to be allowed to return to work in a safe manor

The allowance of beauty businesses to open will help boost our economy, the well being and mental health of everyone. Highlight of positives affects this allowance includes; less people on unemployment, improvements of mental health among citizens, and save the economy from collapsing further. Those stylist/technicians allowed back to work are then able to support their families, pay their mortgage/rent, utilities, car loans and the list can keep on going. The best of all is our nation, state and local's economy can have a boost in money circulation and help stop further damage and create more growth to America's economic future. One other positive outcome is everyone's mental health will be restored at some level. It'll be able to ease and start integrating everyone back into life slowly into normality.

We are losing our business! Forcing to close to due overhead still having to be paid while closed.