California Capital Access Program Collateral Support
CalCAP CS
CalCAP CS Provides Cash Support to Financial Institutions When They Make Loans to Small Businesses

Contact Information
Please send program inquiries to calcap@treasurer.ca.gov
Quick Links
- Certification to Participate in the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Program
- Brochure for CalCAP Collateral Support (PDF)
- CalCAP Regulations
- Participating Financial Institution Lenders
- Program Development
- Technical Program Summary
- Forms and Tools for Participating Financial Institution Lenders
- Severely Affected Community Notices for CalCAP Programs
- State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI 2.0)
Highlights
CalCAP Collateral Support (CS) is a program that incentivizes participating financial institutions (PFIs) to evaluate small business borrowers (SBBs) on factors other than collateral, by pledging cash to PFIs to cover the collateral shortfalls of loans made to SBBs which meet the PFIs’ underwriting standards except for having too little collateral.
How CalCAP Collateral Support Works
- SBB applies to PFI
- PFI applies its underwriting standards and determines the proposed loan is under-collaterized
- PFI submits Collateral Support (CS) request and SBB risk assessment to CalCAP prior to loan issuance
- CalCAP evaluates the CS request and SBB risk assessment
- If approved, SBB and PFI must finalize the loan of private capital within 90 days
- PFI submits final loan information and closing fees to CalCAP within 15 business days of loan closing
- CalCAP funds the cash pledge with a deposit to an account unique to the specific loan
- Cash pledge is available to PFI in the event of certain default conditions
Which Loans Qualify for CalCAP Collateral Support?
- Loans for Many Business Needs
- Working capital including inventory purchase
- Capital projects including equipment purchase
- Start-up costs
- Land acquisition, construction or renovation of buildings
- Bridge loans
- Most Business Sectors
- Most North American Industry Classification System codes are eligible
- Loan Amount of $50,000 to $20,000,000 for “Green” or Manufacturing Businesses
- Loans to businesses furthering energy and water conservation, alternative energy and environmental protection OR defined as manufacturing
- Cash pledge up to 40% of the loan amount
- Additional 10% if located in Severely Affected Community (SAC), including areas with emergency or disaster declarations, or high unemployment rate
- Maximum pledge of $2,500,000 across all loans per SBB
- Loan Amount of $50,000 to $250,000 (Other than “Green” or Manufacturing Businesses)
- Cash pledge up to 40% of the loan amount
- Additional 10% if located in SAC
- Maximum pledge of $500,000 across all loans per SBB
- Loan Amount of $250,001 to $20,000,000 (Other than “Green” or Manufacturing Businesses)
- Cash pledge up to 30% of the loan amount
- Additional 7.5% if located in SAC
- Maximum pledge of $500,000 across all loans per SBB
- Primary Business is a California Business
- Business activity funded by the loan must be created and retained in California
- Employee Count is 1 to 750
- and the business is classified as a small business by the U.S. Small Business Administration
Participation and Support for Small Businesses
- Small businesses can begin by using technical support to learn about financing options and how to prepare to apply for capital
- The California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) has on-line resources for: managing finances, applying for funding, getting permits, addressing workforce issues, marketing the business, advising on operations, and more
- CalOSBA can refer you to small business technical support centers near you for no-cost or low-cost help
- CalOSBA offers referrals to help in more than 20 languages
- Small businesses can also access technical support from America’s Small Business Development Centers
- When ready to apply for capital, small businesses can apply to participating financial institutions
- Small businesses can request financial institutions with which they have an existing business relationship to consider enrolling as a participating financial institution for CalCAP Collateral Support
- After applying, the participating financial institution’s underwriting process will determine if the proposed loan should be enrolled in the CalCAP Collateral Support, and may also approve a proposed loan without enrolling the loan in CalCAP
Participation for Financial Institutions
- Many types of financial institutions are eligible to enroll in CalCAP Collateral Support as a participating financial institution
- There is no charge to enroll and all fees are paid on a per-loan basis
- Financial institutions begin enrollment with this one-page form
For Participating Financial Institutions: Loans, Claims and Reports
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- Certification to Participate in the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Program
- Certification to Participate in the California Capital Access Program
- Collateral Support Enrollment Documents
- Collateral Support Request
- Participating Financial Institution Lender Certification - Collateral Support
- Borrower Certification - Collateral Support
- Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals (SEDI) Certification
- Demographics-Related Data Certification
- Commercial Real Estate and Refinancing Lender Questionnaire
- CalCAP Supplemental SAC Contribution Form (Participating Financial Institutions can utilize this form to select a qualifying event to receive a Severely Affected Community (SAC) contribution.)
- SSBCI Privacy Notice
- Privacy Notice
- Claims
- Collateral Support Default Notification
- Claim Application - Collateral Support
- Reports
- Media Release Authorization