The minority business development agency will use the coronavirus response and relief funding to serve and provide a more comprehensive relief to minority business enterprises to prevent, prepare for,…

The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) awarded $525,726 under the MBDA Business Center cooperative agreement to the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The award will support the organization's delivery of technical assistance, training, education, and advisory services to minority business enterprises (MBEs) affected by COVID-19. Services are intended to help MBEs prevent, prepare for, and respond to the pandemic's economic effects. Performance metrics include the number of MBEs assisted, informed of COVID relief programs, and applications/awards submitted as a result of assistance. The goal is to provide comprehensive relief to MBEs through the Department of Commerce program.

The minority business development agency will use the coronavirus response and relief funding to serve and provide a more comprehensive relief to minority business enterprises to prevent, prepare for, and respond to effects of covid-19. Such assistance will include technical assistance, training, education, and advisory services to minority business enterprises. The performance goals and metrics include: number of minority business enterprises affected by covid-19 that are assisted by the business center; number of minority business enterprises informed and/or referred by the business center to covid-related local, state, and federal government assistance programs; number of MBE applications submitted to local, state, and federal government assistance programs as a result of business center assistance; number of awards issued by local, state, and federal programs to minority business enterprises assisted by the business center; and number and type (small, medium, large, ) of minority