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 investment in enforcement as part of the plan’s workforce proposals, the President is calling for increased penalties when employers violate workplace safety and health rules. Support returning citizens in accessing employment. President Biden’s plan will also invest in job training for formerly incarcerated individuals and justice-involved youth, who, because of entrenched disparities in the criminal justice system, are disproportionately Black and brown. President Biden’s plan will facilitate effective reentry and support evidence-based violence prevention programs while promoting public safety. Ensure communities of color can excel in jobs in the technologies of the future. Barriers to careers in high-innovation sectors remain high for students and workers of color. As part of President Biden’s plan to advance U.S. leadership in critical technologies and upgrade America’s research infrastructure, he will invest $20 billion in upgrading research infrastructure and laboratories at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions, including the creation of a new national lab focused on climate that will be affiliated with an HBCU. Empower workers of color. Workers of color have endured discrimination and exclusion from economic opportunities for generations. President Biden’s American Jobs Plan will empower workers of color by ensuring all workers have a free and fair choice to join a union by passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, and guaranteeing union and bargaining rights for public service workers. Eliminate racial and gender inequities in research and development and science, technology, engineering, and math. Persistent inequities in access to research and development dollars and to careers in innovation industries prevent the U.S. economy from reaching its full potential. President Biden’s plan makes a $10 billion R&D investment at HBCUs and other MSIs. He is also calling on Congress to invest $15 billion in creating up to 200 centers of excellence that serve as research incubators. Ensure that minority-owned manufacturers thrive. President Biden’s plan will quadruple support for the Manufacturing Extensions Partnership —increasing the involvement of minority-owned and rurally-located small- and-medium-sized enterprises in technological advancement. Invest in evidence-based community violence interventions that reduce violence and promote employment and economic development. Violence disrupts employment and prevents a community’s economic development. Gun violence alone kills almost 40,000 people annually and injures more than twice as many. It disproportionately impacts Black and brown communities. Black men are 6% of the population but over 50% of gun homicide victims. One analysis has found that such violence causes $280 billion in economic loss annually. President Biden’s plan will invest $5 billion over 8 years in evidence-based community violence intervention programs that train at-risk individuals for jobs and provide other wraparound services to prevent violence and assist victims. These strategies have been proven to reduce violence and will help rebuild economies in the hardest hit areas. Create a new Community Revitalization Fund to support innovative, community-led redevelopment projects. Communities of color and rural communities have long suffered from years of disinvestment. President Biden’s plan creates a Community Reinvestment Fund to support innovative, community-led redevelopment projects that can spark new economic activity, provide services and amenities, build community wealth, and close the current gaps in access to the innovation economy for communities of color and rural communities. He is also calling on Congress to invest $20 billion in regional innovation hubs and a Community Revitalization Fund. At least ten regional innovation hubs will leverage private investment to fuel technology development, link urban and rural economies, and create new businesses in regions beyond the current handful of high-growth centers.