| | 11. Funding for grants to Maine graduates for business start- | ups; |
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| | 12. Funding for business attraction; |
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| | 13. Funding for microenterprise infrastructure; |
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| | 14. Funding for small business development centers; |
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| | 15. Funding for operation costs of applied technology | development centers; |
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| | 16. A small business technology development specialist at the | Maine Technology Institute; |
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| | 17. Funding for the centers for women, work and community; | and |
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| | 18. Independent evaluation annually of the impact of these | funds. |
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| | The bill also allows the InforME program to accept funds from | all sources, including General Fund appropriations, and | authorizes the Department of Economic and Community Development | and the Department of Labor to make rules to implement the bill's | purposes. |
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