For the operation of the executive office of labor and workforce development; provided, that not later than February 23, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means including, but not limited to: (i) sector by sector barriers to workers returning to work during the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic, including the retail sector; and (ii) current programs that may be utilized to target the workforce in each sector; provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended to Volunteers of America Massachusetts for the development of an innovative Transitional Employment Program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to support staffing at African Cultural Services, Inc. in the city of Waltham; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to Year Up to implement workforce development programs; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to commercial driver's license training programs in the town of Paxton; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to a grant program at St. Mary''s Center for Women and Children in Dorchester for workforce development and educational programming for women; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the Leduc Center at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth for transportation costs related to the America Reads/Counts program; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to Roxbury Main Streets for safety efforts in Nubian Square; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Mission Hill Main Streets to help strengthen small businesses in Mission Hill; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Roxbury Main Streets to provide support for storefront improvement projects in Nubian Square; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Urban League of Eastern of Massachusetts; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Community Action Inc.'s MakeIT Haverhill program
