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Panels highlight small-business supports and mobile manufacturing training as paths to household resilience
Summary
Small-business advisors, SBDC leaders and an industry-led training center described a network of advisory services, grants and mobile technical training that panelists say helps entrepreneurs survive shocks and helps workers access higher-paying manufacturing jobs.
Multiple panels at the Assembly hearing emphasized the role of local support organizations and targeted workforce training in helping households and small businesses weather cost pressures.
Juliana Ramirez, owner of JR Bookkeeping and a volunteer instructor and mentor with local business support organizations, described how programs at Women's Economic Ventures (WEAV), SCORE, local Economic Development Collaborative SBDC centers and workforce development wage reimbursements enabled her firm to survive layoffs, start, hire and expand. Ramirez recounted receiving business advising, training and…
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