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Description
American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) kick-off meeting on Feb. 28, 2022 - Economic Challenges Working Group breakout session.
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So
what
we
did
do
to
be
more
efficient
in
our
time
together
is
on
this
slide
and
on
the
next
slide,
we
have
little
bios
of
each
individual
based
upon
the
information
that
you
submitted
when
you
applied
to
be
a
part
of
this
working
group,
you'll
get
a
copy
of
this
slide
deck.
So
I
encourage
you
to
spend
a
few
minutes
going
through
through
them.
It's
really
impressive,
the
team
of
people
that
we
have
working
on
this
work
group
with
such
diverse
backgrounds
and
experiences,
talents
and
gifts.
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I
hate
to
do
this,
you
all
I'm
a
spanish
interpreter
who
has
been
invited
to
interpret
here,
and
I
am
so
sorry
to
butt
in.
I
was
just
joining
your
link
and
I
don't
know
that
I
will
be
given
the
option
to
be
an
interpreter
or
if
I
shall
be
just
consecutive
interpreting
for
anyone
in
spanish
everything
that
is
being
said
and
if
that's
the
case
we'll
have
to
pause
after
every
english
phrasing.
Does
anyone
know
the
setup
I
apologize
for
the
interruption.
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Perfect,
so
that
will
just
help
me
remind
everyone
one
to
slow
down
and
to
pause
after
each
idea
so
that
I
can
then
go
into
spanish.
I
am
not
I'm
not
assuming.
I
do
not
know
how
many
people
are
on
who
need
to
have
a
spanish
interpreter,
but
I
will
remind
you
that
everything
said
in
english
has
to
be
interpreted
into
spanish.
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Great
thanks,
so
the
second
consideration
that
we
just
want
to
weigh
some
of
the
options
against
is:
how
quickly
can
we
administer
whatever
this
idea
is,
and
so
we
know
that
some
things
may
take
a
little
bit
longer,
but
we
also
especially
with
the
delay
that
we've
had.
We
do
want
to
ensure
that
we
are
getting
these
resources
out
to
the
community
as
quickly
as
possible.
So
that's
one
of
the
other
considerations.
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And
then
the
next
bullet
is:
does
this
address
equity?
So
we
talked
quite
a
bit
about
that
today
and
what
we
want
to
do
is
be
really
clear
about
the
tools
that
we're
using
to
measure
if
our
efforts
are
going
to
address
inequities
in
our
community
and
also
using
data
to
drive
some
of
those
decisions
as
well.
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All
right,
so
I
just
want
to
pause
here
for
a
moment
and
see
if
there's
any
questions,
because
what
we're
going
to
do
is
go
ahead
and
pull
up
the
the
google
docs
spreadsheet
that
we've
developed
that
we
have
started
to
implement
some
ideas
and
we
want
to
get.
We
want
to
get
feedback
from
you
all,
so
this
is
basically
an
opportunity
for
people.
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Okay,
so
you'll
see
based
on
what
rebecca
shared
previously,
that
we
have
inputted
the
the
different
kind
of
criteria
that
we
want
to
test
each
of
these
ideas
up
against
the
rate.
The
rankings
that
rebecca
and
I
have
put
in
is
these
are
just
our
thoughts
as
a
start
to
give
give
everyone
an
idea.
So.
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And
then
just
to
go
through
the
key,
how
we're
numbering
these
in
case,
you
can't
see
that
whole
thing
so
under,
for
example,
under
impactful
on
community's
heart,
is
hit
by
covid
under
number
two.
We
had
put
a
five
saying
that
we
do
strongly
agree
that
this
would
be
an
impactful
proposal
for
harvest
head
covered
communities.
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What
I
heard
this
morning
was
that
the
larger
infrastructure
would
really
live
under
the
behavioral
health
social
resilience,
but
that
the
connection
to
internets
that
might
live
under
our
work
group
so
supplies
things
like
that.
So
maybe
this,
if
we
wanted
to
focus
on
that,
maybe
this
needs
to
be
written
differently.
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Thanks,
I
also
just
had
a
clarifying
question
because
I'm
less
familiar
with
the
universal
basic
income
concept
and
susan-
I
I
didn't
hear
if
your
answer
from
the
chat
was
well.
Your
question
from
the
chat
was
answered
before,
but
does
the
universal
income
supplemental
payments
potentially
render
someone
ineligible
for
other
services
or
I'm
thinking
specifically
of
medicaid
eligibility,
for
example?
In
addition
to
snap
and
other
things,
just
unintended
consequences.
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So
I
think
that's
up
to
the
group.
If
the
group
wants
to
explore
this,
I
think
the
group
can
really
start
to
talk
about
what
would
have
the
most
impact
in
the
direction
they
want
to
go.
So
again.
I
just
want
to
remind
everyone
that
these
are
just
initial
offerings
from
rebecca
and
I
and
none
of
these
have
to
stay
as
ideas.
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So
these
ratings
came
from
rebecca
and
I-
and
so
these
are
just
our
initial
opinions,
and
our
thought
is
that
after
this
meeting,
depending
on
where
we
land,
we
would
make
a
similar
spreadsheet
for
each
person
to
do
their
own
ratings
of
each
idea,
and
that
would
include
any
new
ideas.
People
have
anything
that
we
add
together
today
and
then
we
would.
We
would
combine
those
for
our
next
meetings.
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Okay,
well,
let
me
just
throw
a
few
ideas
that
I
think
could
add
to
the
list.
I
agree
with
the
suggestion
to
differentiate
child
care
into
support
to
like
supply
and
support
to
the
demand
side.
If
you
will
so,
I
think
is
one
category
it
just
it
encompasses
too
many
different
things
that
we
might
want
to
consider
that's
first.
Second,
I
I
think
we
could
add
more
on
the
employment
side
and
education
and
training.
So
let
me
just
start
on
education
and
training
watching
the
economic
impacts
of
covid.
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I
didn't
see
any
of
that
kind
of
in
the
list
and
there's
a
number
of
basic
needs
categories
that
are
under
this
rental
assistance,
food,
etc
that
the
rent
assistance
might
be
taken
care
of
in
the
housing
side.
I'm
not
sure,
but
some
of
these
direct
basic
needs
supports
as
immediate
and
easy
to
use
existing
platforms
to
to
get
out
to
people.
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Could
we
focus
that
on
funding
small
business
and
nonprofit
and
then
looking
at
this
idea
of
stipends
and
sick
time
reimbursement
this
sort
of
piece?
That's
allowing
these
employers
to
be
able
to
make
sure
that
their
employees
won,
but
they
can
attract
those
employees
and
those
employees
that
they
attract
are
able
to
be
impacted.
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Great
so
I
I
am
rebecca
and
I
were
just
chatting
and
I
think
what
we'd
like
to
do
is
pivot,
just
slightly
and
we'll
come
back
to
you
jessica,
when
we're
done
we'd
like
to
just
take
five
minutes
and
have
people
type
in
the
chat,
their
ideas,
so
we
can
easily
populate
those
and
then
have
discussion
about
them.
Hope,
that's!
Okay!
With
everybody.
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I
just
say
one
thing:
that's
not
my
idea,
but
is
related
to
some
of
the
things
that
w
was
talking
about.
You
know
we
talked
about,
we
need
to
define
low
to
moderate
income
and
and
what
is
meant
by
that.
I
think
we
also
need
to
define
what
we
mean
by
small
business,
because
90
of
businesses
in
colorado
and
boulder
county
and
longmont
90
plus
employ
20
people
or
less,
which
is
small
by
any
definition.
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Listen
and
I'm
sorry,
I
don't,
I
can't
see
everybody
on
my
screen
can
I
just
add
in
something
really
quickly
rebecca
as
well.
Thanks
we're
talking
about
15
million
dollars,
potentially
up
to
a
max
of
15
million,
but
I
just
want
to
clarify
that
and
you
may
have
talked
about
it
when
I
was
out
in
my
previous
meeting.
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Yeah
just
to
add
to
what
berenice
said
there
is
some
funding
available,
at
least
at
the
state
level,
for
child
care
facilities
where
there
isn't
for
the
friends
family
neighbors.
So
if
we
can
think
about
the
different
providers,
as
we
may
build
out
the
programs,
that's
that'll
be
especially
important,
especially
for
the
underserved
entrepreneurs
who
are
working
to
start
a
business.
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K
But
we
have
a
plan
that
we've
been
working
on
here
in
long
walk
for
a
number
of
years
actually
and
we're
in
the
funding
phase
to
actually
create
physical
facilities
where
adult
learners
could
work
and
earn
a
living
contributing
to
existing
companies,
either
early
stage
or
companies
that
are
going
through
a
new
product,
development
or
innovation
process,
while
also
getting
the
education
and
certification.
So
a
similar
work-based
learning
model
to
like
a
p-tech
program
at
in
the
k-12
education
system,
but
for
adult
learners.
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K
It
would
employ
those
individuals
and
provide
basically
a
shared
labor
force,
shared
equipment
and
shared
space
for
early
stage
and
small
manufacturing
companies.
You
don't
have
the
resources
to
invest
in
those
things
themselves,
to
give
them
the
opportunity
to
establish
and
grow
and
then
potentially
take
that
workforce
with
them
when
they
go
into
their
own
facilities
or
they
commercialize
whatever
product
they're
developing
at
the
center.
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O
Thank
you,
susan,
and
I
think
you
know
jessica-
is
specific
you're,
specifically
talking
about
a
very
specific
project,
which
I
think
is
very
innovative
and
important
part
of
our
community
and
we'll
help
the
manufacturers
in
longmont
and
and
throughout
boulder
county.
So
I
think
it's
that's
a
that.
That
aside,
I
I
just
want
to
mention.
I,
and
I
want
to
also
say
thanks
to
to
julie
too,
for
bringing
up
front
range
community
college.
O
We
have
significant
funding
through
the
colorado
department
of
labor
and
employment,
to
support
training,
retraining,
up
skilling
and
neck
skilling
and
we're
anticipating
even
more
funding
after
july
1..
So
and
all
of
that
is
focused
on
specific
industry
sectors
throughout
the
county.
We
work
with
the
chambers
with
some
of
their
apprenticeship
programs,
which
is
which
are
earn
and
learn
programs
in
health
healthcare
I.t.
O
So
we
have
a
lot
of
funding
and
resources
for
even
tanf
families.
We
have
a
contract
with
the
department
of
housing
and
human
services
to
support
people
on
who
are
receiving
tanf
to
get
retraining
work
based
learning
opportunities.
So
I
just
wanted
just
to
bring
that
to
light
so
that
we're
not
duplicating
some
of
the
resources
that
already
exist
within
boulder
county
and
they're,
significant
and
they're
expected
to
increase
after
july.
One.
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N
So
as
we
talk
about
expanding
internet
access
or
broadband,
we
may
consider
actual
equipment
and
software
for
folks
who
may
be
tapping
into
online
learning,
especially
through
mobile
phones
and
or
maybe
starting
out,
a
business.
They
may
need
help
with
access
to
quickbooks
or
softwares
to
start
their
website
or
get
online.
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Thank
you
and
to
add
to
that
also
resources
to
provide
additional
assistance,
whether
it
may
be
a
group
workshop
setting
or
one-on-one
support
to
help
initiate
and
get
people
oriented
on
technology,
so
they
can
tap
into
the
resource.
We
spent
a
lot
of
time
doing
that,
at
least
for
underserved
entrepreneurs
during
the
pandemic.
So
that's
why
I
mention
it
I'll
pause.
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N
You
and
then
the
last
point
is
having
a
strategic
out
plan
about
to
get
the
word
out
about
any
new
program
or
resource
that
we
do
develop
and
choose
to
offer
so
that
we
are
building
trust,
especially
in
underserved
communities,
which
will
encourage
folks
who
have
been
traditionally
not
served
by
these
resources
to
really
tap
in
and
want
to
use
them.
So
that
would
apply
for
the
if
we
offered
anything
around
technology
or
any
other
program.
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Sorry,
I
just
want
to
comment
on
that.
In
my
experience-
and
I
don't
know
if
jessica
and
rachel
and
scott
have
heard
from
small
businesses,
but
they
wouldn't
they
wouldn't
like
to
have
another
more
loans.
They
would
prefer
grants,
and
I
know
it's
diffic
difficult
to
men
to
admin,
but
maybe
we
can
hire
because
I
don't
know
if
it's
a
consultant
but
like
the
colorado
enterprise
fund
to
manage
the
grant.
It
has
worked
for
the
state
and
other
cities
and
it
went
smoothly.
M
I
You
say
I
understand
the
needs
in
the
short
term
for
the
small
businesses
and
I'm
just
trying
to
bring
up
the
idea
under
our
initiative
to
have
some
long-standing
or
enduring
programs
that
extend
beyond
the
funding
period
of
arpa.
So
I
think
we
need
to
be
looking
at
both
the
short
and
the
long-term
implicat,
and
the
sustainability
of
these
programs
and
a
revolving
loan
fund
granted
by
this
type
of
opportunity
could
potentially
have
longevity.
That
would
service
the
long
term
as
in
complement
to
the
grant
programs
that
would
service
the
short
term.
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M
I
totally
respect
that
point,
but
I
think
that
if
you
inject
capital
right
now,
there
won't
be
too
many
needs,
at
least
in
my
experience
with
small
businesses
for
long
long
term,
because
they
will
be,
they
will
sustain
themselves
because
they
injected
capital.
When
you
know
the
inflation
is
up
the
roof,
they
have
no
workers.
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Okay,
guys,
we
have
90
seconds
and
we
have
to
be
back
in
the
main
room.
I
think
it's
the
same
link
from
this
morning.
Looking
for
some
affirmation
from
my
colleagues,
yes,
okay,
same
link
from
this
morning,
it's
been
a
pleasure
and
I
look
forward
to
working
more
closely
with
all
of
you.
It's
going
to
be
exciting
work.
Thank
you
for
being
here
this
afternoon.