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VACCINES DELAYED DUE TO WEATHER, SCHOOL REOPENING GUIDANCE, NEW STATE RELIEF PACKAGE AND MORE! |
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HOT OFF THE PRESS:
OCBC'S VACCINE EVENT PART 2: LESSONS LEARNED AND WHAT'S NEXT:*
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Join OCBC and health care leaders from County of Orange, Hoag, Kaiser Permanente, KPC Global Healthcare, MemorialCare, Providence, and UCI School of Public Health, for a critical update on the lessons learned during the initial vaccine deployment in OC and hear what's coming next. Thank you title sponsor, Hoag, platinum sponsor MemorialCare, gold sponsor, Kaiser Permanente, and Providence. The event is free to attend, register today!
WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT EXTENDED THROUGH 2025:*
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The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)—an incentive for employers to broaden their job applicant pools and hire from certain groups of people who may need assistance finding jobs—has been reauthorized and extended through the end of 2025. Learn more.
BANK OF AMERICA RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS GOALS, PERSPECTIVES, AND EXPECTATIONS AMONG BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES:*
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The study examines Black entrepreneurs’ 2021 outlook and how they’ve navigated the coronavirus, as well as challenges faced and opportunities for the decade ahead. Read the report!
SMALL BUSINESSES IN OC DISTRICT 4 – APPLY FOR GRANT RELIEF PROGRAM:*
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OC Supervisor Doug Chaffee's new Small Business Grant Relief Program for small businesses and nonprofits impacted by COVID-19 serves the cities of Brea, Fullerton, La Habra, parts of Buena Park and unincorporated communities. Grant awards are set at $5,000. To learn more and apply, click here.
LACK OF VACCINE SUPPLY CAUSE TEMPORARY CLOSURES AT OC VACCINE SITES:*
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The recent cold weather in many parts of the county have caused delays in the shipments of vaccines. Check your appointments as some sites have already closed. Read more.
CDC GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOL REOPENINGS IN THE WORKS:*
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“The data from schools suggests that there's very little transmission that is happening within the schools, especially when there's masking and distancing occurring,” said Rochelle Walensky, Director, CDC. Read more.
STATE LAUNCHES SAFEATWORK BUSINESS COMPLIANCE PAGE:*
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ADVOCACY
STATE LEADERS ANNOUNCE NEW RELIEF PACKAGE:*
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State leaders announced that they have reached an agreement on an immediate $9.6 billion relief package for Californians experiencing pandemic hardship. The package includes direct, one-time $600 payments to those with incomes below $30,000, allocates more than $2 billion in grants up to $25,000 for small businesses, tax cuts allowing businesses to deduct up to $150,000 in expenses covered by PPP and EIDL funds, and more. Read more.
BUSINESS RESOURCES
SBA WEBINAR - BRIDGING ANDEMPOWERING BLACKAMERICAN SMALL BUSINESSES:*
- Join SBA on February 25 at 5 p.m., for an invigorating hour celebrating the rich contributions of Black Americans to our communities, with a goal to advance opportunity and economic empowerment for all Black American business owners. Register today!
SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES
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COMMUNITY RESOURCES
UCI PODCAST: WHY LOW-INCOME CHILDREN SUFFER THE MOST DURING REMOTE LEARNING:
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With more and more people receiving vaccines, the end of remote learning is in sight. But schools will still need to implement COVID-19 mitigation strategies, according to doctors from UCI Health. In this episode of the UCI Podcast, Dr. Dan Cooper and Dr. Chulie Ulloa discuss school reopenings and the impact of distance learning on children.
JOIN OCTA'S TAXPAYER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE - APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED:
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Each year, as terms of various members expire, a recruitment process is conducted to fill vacant positions on the Taxpayer Oversight Committee. This recruitment process typically takes place during spring with final selection in June. Recruitment is currently taking place for openings in the First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Supervisorial Districts. Applications are due by May 2, 2021. Interviews will be held via Zoom. Interviews will be conducted between May 5th – 13th with final selection taking place at the OCTA Board of Directors meeting on June 28, 2021. Learn more!
GUEST OP-ED JENNIFER FRIEND, CEO, PROJECT HOPE ALLIANCE THIS IS EQUITY—SCHOOLS AS HOPE FOR CHILDREN:
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“We must take ourselves and political considerations out of the center of the circle and place our children in the middle. Until we do that, we will continue to rob our poor and homeless children from one of the greatest remaining equalizers and catalysts of hope that our nation has, education.” Read Jennifer's Op-Ed Here.
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MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
CHOC-UCI ORIGAMI MASK PROJECT GETS NATIONAL ATTENTION:*
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Back in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, in late March 2020, Jonathan Realmuto, a visiting scientist at CHOC and a postdoctoral researcher at UC Irvine, got a call from his lab leader, Dr. Terence Sanger. Dr. Sanger, a physician, engineer, and computational neuroscientist who joined CHOC in January 2020 as its vice president of research and first chief scientific officer, was concerned about the possibility of CHOC running out of masks for its frontline healthcare workers. Continue reading.
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