Stimulating Recovery for Impacted & Disadvantaged Businesses

Stimulating Recovery for Impacted & Disadvantaged Businesses
Written By Andrew Coy
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As policymakers decide how to invest ARP funds in their jurisdiction, stimulating local business recovery is often a top priority. In order to ensure an effective and equitable recovery, it is important to begin by assessing the local landscape to understand the disproportionate ways in which local businesses have been impacted and why. Some businesses may be facing a temporary downturn in consumer demand, due to a shift in preferences or concerns over COVID-19 safety; others may need support accessing capital, relief funds, or covering payroll costs to compensate for the lost revenues.

Determining the specific barriers that local businesses face will allow policymakers to define target outcomes and choose policy interventions most suitable to their local context.

 

Policy Playbooks: Stimulating Recovery for Impacted & Disadvantaged Businesses

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Digital Covid-19 Vaccine Records
Digital Covid-19 Vaccine Records

Every state in the US maintains an immunization registry where every COVID-19 vaccination is required by federal law to be reported. Yet, there is no standard way for these records to be shared with vaccinated individuals. States should work together to create a common approach to vaccination verification. Individuals accustomed to presenting their DCVR in one community can do so in any other location where DCVRs are commonly accepted. An effective verification mechanism provides a stronger incentive for vaccination, resulting in reduced hospitalizations and deaths.

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