Sec. 234. Outreach
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In carrying out the program under this subtitle, the Administrator shall make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, not fewer than 6 private nonprofit organizations, resource partners, States, Indian Tribes, or units of local government, including not fewer than 3 adjacent to the international border between the United States and Canada and not fewer than 3 adjacent to the international border between the United States and Mexico, under the authorities of the Community Navigator pilot program established under section 5004 of the American Rescue Plan Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9013 ) in order to improve access to assistance programs and resources made available by Federal, State, Tribal, and local entities in response to the COVID–19 pandemic, and related border travel restrictions.
The Administrator shall set aside $10,000,000 from amounts in the Fund to make grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements under subsection (a). In addition to the activities described in subsection (a), the Administrator shall, in partnership with entities participating in the Community Navigator pilot program established under section 5004 of the American Rescue Plan Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9013 ), small business development centers (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 )), women’s business centers described in section 29 of that Act ( 15 U.S.C. 656 ), Veteran Business Outreach Centers described in section 32 of that Act ( 15 U.S.C. 657b ), and the Service Corps of Retired Executives established under section 8(b)(1)(B) of that Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B) )— help make border businesses aware of the availability of the program under this subtitle and promote engagement with that program; and provide technical assistance to applicants, including instructions on how to participate in the program under this subtitle, assistance in preparing applications for participation in that program, and assistance in complying with any reporting requirements established by the Administrator with respect to that program.
The Administrator shall ensure that outreach and technical assistance activities described in this section are made available to border businesses in the 10 most commonly spoken languages, other than English, in the States of the United States that border the international boundary with Mexico or that border the international boundary with Canada, including in Spanish and in French.
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