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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott connected Tuesday volition marque his 4th concern announcement with the city’s American Rescue Plan Act Funding.
Scott’s bureau said the concern would beryllium focused connected integer equity and broadband access.
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The politician volition beryllium joined by the Mayor’s Office of Broadband and Digital Equity, the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks, and the Mayor’s Office of Recovery Programs.
CBSN Baltimore volition watercourse the announcement unrecorded astatine 2:30 p.m.
Scott antecedently announced the metropolis would walk $55 cardinal connected workforce improvement and a betterment money for businesses, $50 cardinal of the city’s American Rescue Plan backing connected violence prevention efforts and $80 cardinal on the wellness department’s response to COVID-19.
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Under the workforce proposal, the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development would money occupation creation, training, and jobs to young people, arsenic good arsenic assisting businesses and non-profits impacted by the pandemic.
For unit prevention efforts, the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement would contented much than 70 grants to beforehand transitional employment, exigency lodging assistance for victims of violence, and intelligence wellness and unfortunate services for survivors of weapon violence.
The wellness department’s allocation would grow COVID-19 testing, bargain idiosyncratic protective equipment, prosecute further interaction tracers, modernize telehealth infrastructure and combat nutrient insecurity.
CBS Baltimore Staff
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