Prison to Proprietorship for the Formerly Incarcerated Act
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Summary
The bill amends the Small Business Act to require the Small Business Administration, in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, to have the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) deliver entrepreneurship counseling and training to individuals who have been released from federal prisons. It seeks to help these formerly incarcerated people start or expand small businesses through mentoring, workshops, and assistance with business planning and financing. The law also calls for participant surveys and annual performance reports to Congress.
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