As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy approaches, the SBA said it will continue toprovide funding to small businesses affected by the storm.

The agency said its resource partners will issue a total of$13.1 million to collaborative teams, which will integrate localeconomic recovery efforts and bring distinct delivery of businessservices.

This second phase of funding, part of $19 million in emergencyappropriations approved by Congress, will be distributed by SBA'sresource partners – the Small Business Development Centers, SCORE,and Women's Business Centers – to collaborative teams in 11 statesand a U.S. territory.

The SBA said it anticipates awarding grants to the collaborativeteams in the following states:

• Connecticut – $1,361,000
• Delaware – $304,000
• Maryland – $91,000
• Massachusetts – $194,000
• New Jersey – $3,582,000
• New York – $6,191,000
• Pennsylvania – $1,058,000
• Rhode Island – $181,000
• Virginia/North Carolina – $63,000
• West Virginia – $118,000
• Puerto Rico –$46,000.

In April, the SBA said it awarded $5.8 million to its resourcepartners to provide targeted small business counseling, trainingand technical assistance. Since that time, the agency hashelped nearly 4,300 small business clients using those funds.

As of Aug. 7, the SBA said it has approved a total of $2.4billion in loans to 36,200 business and homeowners needingassistance to repair, rebuild and restart the local economy afterHurricane Sandy.

The super storm caused an estimated $68 billion in damages andkilled at least 286 people in its path across the Caribbean andinto the United States, according to the National WeatherService.