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2801 et seq.) and available in local and regional 
areas, including information on how to apply 
for such training; 
(C) educational opportunities and informa-
tion related financial aid, including referring 
workers to educational opportunity centers de-
scribed in section 402F of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–16), 
where applicable; 
(D) short-term prevocational services, in-
cluding development of learning skills, commu-
nications skills, interviewing skills, personal 
maintenance skills, and professional conduct to 
prepare individuals for employment or training; 
and 
(E) support services in local and regional 
areas, including services related to childcare, 
personal counseling (including substance abuse 
treatment, suicide prevention, and mental 
health care), family counseling, bankruptcy and 
financial counseling, transportation, dependent 
care, housing assistance, and need-related pay-
ments; 
(6) provide individual employment counseling 
for adversely affected workers, including develop-
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ment of an individual employment plan to identify 
employment goals and objectives, and appropriate 
training to achieve those goals and objectives, or in-
formation to obtain such counseling in local and re-
gional areas; 
(7) provide employment statistics information, 
including the provision of accurate information relat-
ing to local, regional, and national labor market 
areas, including— 
(A) job vacancy listings in such labor mar-
ket areas; 
(B) information on jobs skills necessary to 
obtain jobs identified in job vacancy listings de-
scribed in subparagraph (A); 
(C) information relating to local occupa-
tions that are in demand and earnings potential 
of such occupations; and 
(D) skills requirements for local occupa-
tions described in subparagraph (C); and 
(8) provide information in a manner that is cul-
turally and linguistically appropriate to the needs of 
the population being served. 
(e) STANDARDS.—The Director shall establish stand-
ards for grant recipients under this section, including pro-
visions to ensure that any entity that receives a grant is 
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qualified to engage in the activities described in this sec-
tion. 
(f) FAIR AND IMPARTIAL INFORMATION AND SERV-
ICES.—The Director, in consultation with States, Tribal 
governments, and relevant Federal agencies, shall develop 
standards to ensure that information made available by 
grant recipients under this section is accurate and shall 
provide such entities with relevant information and tech-
nical assistance to enable grant recipients under this sec-
tion to better perform the duties in subsection (d). 
(g) LIMITATIONS ON GRANTS.— 
(1) PERIOD.—In carrying out this section, the 
Director shall ensure that the total period of a grant 
does not exceed 6 years. 
(2) AMOUNT.—In carrying out this section, the 
Director shall ensure that the total amount awarded 
to an entity during the total period of the grant does 
not exceed $12,000,000. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
for carrying out this section. 
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