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 Tri County Contractors Inc. $484,401 under the MBDA Business Center cooperative agreement program (CFDA 11.805) for the period of July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.

Under this award, Tri County Contractors Inc. will provide technical assistance, training, education, and advisory services to minority business enterprises located in Jackson, Mississippi to prevent, prepare for, and respond to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Key performance metrics include the number of minority businesses assisted, informed of COVID-19 relief programs, and applications submitted to such programs with MBDA Business Center support. Services will also track awards issued and types of minority businesses impacted. The funding will allow Tri County Contractors Inc. to serve as an MBDA Business Center, supporting minority firms as they navigate effects of the public health emergency.

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 minorit