Bill > H3246

This bill establishes the Massachusetts Bureau on Social and Economic Equity in Recovery and Reconstruction to identify and address disparities in access to housing, capital, healthcare, and education for Black and Latino residents of the Commonwealth who have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill creates the Commonwealth Housing, Economic, Education and Equity in Recovery and Reconstruction Service Corps to provide service opportunities for young adults from these communities, as well as a Small Business Stabilization and Support Fund and an Incarceration to Incorporation Entrepreneurship Fund to provide grants, loans, and technical assistance to small businesses owned by individuals from disparately impacted communities. The bill also establishes the Commonwealth COVID-19 Health Economic Education Equity in Recovery Fund, initially capitalized with $850 million from the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund, to support the activities of the Bureau.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3246