Committee funding and recommendations of the SC House Business Re-opening Committee
8.13.20
By Greg Homeyer
- Establish a grant program for small minority owned business
- This should cover losses due to COVID-19
- Supports the work of the House COVID-19 liability committee on temporary protections for businesses
- Supports continued funding to replenish the Unemployment Trust Fund
- Continued funding of workers compensation for first responders inflicted with COVID-19
- Continued funding of broadband expansion to rural communities
- Funding other options for childcare for those displaced by closure of childcare facilities
- This effort will be more focused in rural communities
- Continue to support public-partnership options for the procurement of protective equipment
- Support South Carolina Department of Agriculture local campaigns
- The CARES Act limits online grocery buying to certain retailers who have obtained USDA qualification
- Funding should be available to help smooth this process for consumers and help sellers become qualified
- Grants to Technical Schools to help retrain those displaced due to job loss
- Recommend extra restrictions on alcohol licenses
- Possible ability for retailers to do curbside pickup or drop off of unopened beer or wine
- Contact with nonprofit organizations to see how the state can work with them
- Provide assistance and technical support to small business owners