Necessary Entrepreneurship Workshops via the SBA to Transform and Assist Re-entry Training Act of 2019 or the NEW START Act of 2019 This bill establishes a pilot program for providing entrepreneurial development assistance to formerly incarcerated individuals. Specifically, the bill requires the Small Business Administration to establish a pilot program whereby it awards grants to organizations or partnerships that create or support entrepreneurship programs for providing assistance to formerly incarcerated individuals. Such assistance shall be in the form of entrepreneurial development programming that includes the disbursement of microloans. The Government Accountability Office must submit a report evaluating the (1) services that grant recipients provide to formerly incarcerated individuals, (2) oversight of the pilot program by the SBA, and (3) overall performance and impacts of the pilot program.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
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NEW START Act of 2019
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| Updated: 4/9/2019
Necessary Entrepreneurship Workshops via the SBA to Transform and Assist Re-entry Training Act of 2019 or the NEW START Act of 2019 This bill establishes a pilot program for providing entrepreneurial development assistance to formerly incarcerated individuals. Specifically, the bill requires the Small Business Administration to establish a pilot program whereby it awards grants to organizations or partnerships that create or support entrepreneurship programs for providing assistance to formerly incarcerated individuals. Such assistance shall be in the form of entrepreneurial development programming that includes the disbursement of microloans. The Government Accountability Office must submit a report evaluating the (1) services that grant recipients provide to formerly incarcerated individuals, (2) oversight of the pilot program by the SBA, and (3) overall performance and impacts of the pilot program.
Business educationBusiness investment and capitalCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentEmployment and training programsGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsSmall business