reveal personally identifiable information about 
an individual. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the completion of the final strategy funded by the 
last grant awarded under this Act, the Secretary shall pre-
pare and submit to Congress, and make publicly available, 
a report containing— 
(1) the progress and outcomes of the strategies 
identified in the final reports submitted by eligible 
entities under subsection (a)(1)(B); 
(2) any specific successful strategies (as deter-
mined on the basis of such final reports) that can 
also support family caregivers; 
(3) an analysis of the workforce supply, current 
and projected shortages, and distribution of direct 
care workers at the national, regional, and State lev-
els; and 
(4) recommendations for legislative or adminis-
trative action. 
SEC. 8. GAO REPORT. 
Not later than 1 year after the Secretary submits to 
Congress the report under section 7(b), the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall conduct a study and 
submit to Congress a report including— 
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(1) an assessment of the effect that the strate-
gies in the recruitment, retention, or advancement of 
direct care workers funded under this Act had on 
the supply of such workers in the labor market; 
(2) any specific successful strategies (as deter-
mined on the basis of the assessment in paragraph 
(1)) that can also support family caregivers; and 
(3) recommendations for legislative or adminis-
trative actions. 
SEC. 9. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, from the amounts reserved 
under section 10(a)(2), the Secretary of Labor, in coordi-
nation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
shall provide technical assistance to eligible entities receiv-
ing a grant under this Act, including technical assistance 
to— 
(1) ensure that such entities carry out one or 
more of the activities described in section 6(a)(2); or 
(2) assist such entities in complying with the— 
(A) the data collection requirements of sec-
tion 7(a)(2)(B)(iii); or 
(B) the disaggregation requirements of 
section 7(a)(3). 
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(b) NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER.— 
In addition to activities authorized under section 
411(a)(13) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3032(a)(13)) and the activities authorized under 
subtitle E of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance 
and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15081 et seq.), 
the amounts appropriated under section 10(b) of this Act 
shall be used by the Assistant Secretary for Aging of the 
Administration for Community Living of the Department 
of Health and Human Services to— 
(1) provide the technical assistance described in 
subsection (a); 
(2) disseminate tools, resources, information, 
and best practices to assist State systems (including 
Medicaid, aging, disability, and workforce agencies), 
as well as service providers, and aging, disability, 
and labor stakeholders, to support the development 
and coordination of policies and programs that con-
tribute to a stable, robust direct care workforce; 
(3) bolster partnerships and support collabora-
tion between or among the State systems, service 
providers, and stakeholders described in paragraph 
(2) to support the direct care workforce; and 
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(4) any other activities that are necessary to 
strengthen the direct care workforce, as determined 
by the Assistant Secretary. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated $300,000,000 to carry out this Act 
(other than section 9(b)) for each of the fiscal years 
2024 through 2029. 
(2) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR TECHNICAL 
ASSISTANCE.—Of the amounts appropriated under 
paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary of 
Labor shall reserve up to 2 percent to provide the 
technical assistance described in section 9(a). 
(b) NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated $6,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2024 through 2029 to carry out— 
(1) the activities authorized under section 
411(a)(13) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3032(a)(13)); 
(2) the activities authorized under subtitle E of 
the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of 
Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15081 et seq.); and 
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(3) the activities described in section 9(b) of 
this Act. 
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