Legislators are talking a lot about equity in housing, and could help more Black families buy their own homes. But advocates say lawmakers are failing to confront racial equity in many other ways.
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Training for displaced workers
Details of the $1 billion grant program are not yet fully fleshed out, but at least half of the money would go to those caring for a child, according to the proposal. Workers would be eligible for at least $1,000 under the grant, to be distributed through the state s higher education system.
Workers could use the money to cover the cost of training programs and college education or start a business for which they have filed for a license. The money could support non-tuition costs such as child care, depending on the educational and training programs selected, a Finance Department spokesman H.D. Palmer said in an e-mail.
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