Black Business Policy Brief

Where policy moves money

• Federal small disadvantaged business contracting goals and how agencies report them
• State and municipal disparity studies that create or defend set-aside programs
• Community lending appropriations that fund CDFIs serving your market
• Infrastructure and clean-energy programs with supplier diversity requirements

What to do with it

Policy only matters when it becomes a bid, a loan or a certification. For each item above, identify the office that administers it locally, then get on their vendor and notification lists.