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The Biden-Harris Administration is committed the nation’s small businesses receive the support they need to access federal relief programs that can help them weather the economic downturn caused by th... The Biden-Harris Administration is committed the nation’s small businesses receive the support they need to access federal relief programs that can help them weather the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This technical assistance is critical, as small businesses have been hit hard over the course of the last year, impacting at least 400,000 businesses. Previous rounds of economic relief last year helped millions of small businesses stay afloat and keep employees on the payroll, yet too many minority-owned businesses and mom and pops found themselves at the end of the line, while larger, well-connected businesses accessed programs right away. To better reach these small businesses, SBA is launching the Community Navigator Pilot Program that will strengthen outreach to underserved businesses by partnering with organizations with established relationships and experience within their communities. The Community Navigator Pilot Program is designed to provide high quality support and assistance with pandemic relief programs and recovery services to small businesses and entrepreneurs. Programming should also focus on supporting communities that represent the top ten (10) languages spoken within the United States. The support solution will provide a cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) that will be pivotal for the proposed COMNAVS solution simply because cloud services are much more cost efficient and scalable as compared to on-premises services.