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Small-business owners, SBDCs and regional training centers tell Assembly about boots-on-the-ground supports
Summary
Small-business support organizations and regional training programs described technical assistance, outreach gaps and successful workforce training that moves participants into higher-wage manufacturing and services jobs.
Small-business development centers (SBDCs), local workforce programs and a regional training institute described a mix of direct assistance, capital access and mobile training that they said is producing measurable results for entrepreneurs and jobseekers.
Juliana Ramirez, owner of JR Bookkeeping and an SBDC client and mentor, told the committee her firm grew from a living-room startup in 2012 into a multi-employee firm after technical assistance programs, workforce training and loan programs helped her secure capital and staff. "These…
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