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with an associate development organization located in Thurston county 1 to provide a training curriculum to assist small businesses in 2 scaling up to reach their next tier of operations. The contract 3 recipient may use the funding for costs including, but not limited 4 to, curriculum materials, trainers, and follow up coaching and 5 mentorship in multiple languages. 6 (17) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 7 year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 8 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to contract 9 for technical assistance programs focused on assisting small 10 minority, women, and veteran-owned businesses in south King and 11 Pierce counties. The contract recipient must be a nonprofit 12 organization located in Tukwila that provides educational and 13 business assistance for underserved and minority groups, with a focus 14 on the African American community. The department must provide a 15 preliminary report on program outcomes by June 30, 2024, and a final 16 report by June 30, 2025, to the relevant committees of the 17 legislature. The preliminary and final reports must include outcome 18 data including, but not limited to, the number of events or workshops 19 provided, the number of businesses served, and ownership and other 20 demographics of businesses served. 21 (18) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 22 year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 23 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to contract with a nonprofit 24 organization to conduct workforce and economic development activities 25 serving the south Puget Sound region. The contract recipient must be 26 a nongovernmental nonprofit organization located in Federal Way that 27 has been in operation for at least 10 years and whose mission is to 28 develop resources to enhance the economy of the south sound region by 29 facilitating innovation, job creation, and the growth and development 30 of businesses. 31 (19) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 32 year 2024 is provided solely for the department to provide grant 33 funding to a nonprofit biotech incubator and science research center 34 located in the city of Tacoma. The grant funding is to provide 35 support for programs aimed at increasing workforce readiness and 36 entrepreneurship in the life sciences, with a focus on promoting 37 access to science, technology, engineering, and math careers for 38 individuals from underserved communities. 39 p. 89 ESSB 5187.SL