This bill would increase, and allow credits and exclusions from income for, employer-sponsored dependent care assistance; it is consistent with NWBC’s 2023 recommendation that policymakers ensure accessible, reliable, and affordable childcare services for women entrepreneurs, including through tax-based incentives. In April 2024 the Senate Committee held a hearing on the bill.
This bill authorizes new funding for childcare providers in rural, underserved communities, and is related to NWBC’s 2023 recommendation to Congress and the White House to build sustainable childcare capacity in rural areas through direct investments. The Senate Committee held a hearing on this bill in April 2024.
This proposal provides that certain nonprofit childcare providers are small business concerns, making them eligible for expanded SBA-backed loan services, and carries out NWBC’s 2023 recommendation that qualified nonprofit childcare providers gain access to SBA loans. The Senate Committee held hearings on this legislation in March and April 2024.
This bill would require federal agencies to include the number of small businesses that receive a prime contract for the first time and are owned and operated by women and other disadvantaged owners in their annual scorecards. It is consistent with NWBC’s 2022 recommendation to improve tracking and sharing of data on contracting. The House voted to make this bill law in June 2024.
This bill would require the Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of each agency that receives below a letter grade of A on its annual scorecard for small business contracting to testify before the Senate Committee on Small Business and the House Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. It realizes NWBC’s 2022 recommendation that government improve track and sharing of data on contracting. The House voted to enact this bill in April 2024.
This bill would require SBA to report information related to small businesses owned and controlled by women, and is related to NWBC’s 2022 recommendation that the government improve tracking sharing of data on contracting. The House enacted the bill in November 2023, and the Senate Committee voted to advance it in May 2024.