Getting Federal Dollars to Communities: An Action Agenda

By Pronita Gupta and Justin Maxson

Excerpt:

It’s not sexy, but it’s true: the most important part of policy is implementation. It is all well and good to have bill signing ceremonies, such as when President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act. But legislation only creates the opportunity for social change. 

Federal legislation like the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act could be game changers or duds. Without serious support and targeted investments, federal resources will not readily flow to the people that need them most—namely, economically distressed, BIPOC, and rural communities. 

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