Sec. 202. Authority to award grants
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Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Education, shall award grants described in paragraph
(2)to eligible entities. A grant awarded under this section may be in more than 1 category described in such paragraph. The categories of grants described in this paragraph are each of the following: Grants to eligible entities to create and carry out projects for the purposes of recruiting, retaining, or providing advancement opportunities for direct care professionals who are not described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D), including through education or training programs for such professionals or individuals seeking to become such professionals. Grants to eligible entities to create and carry out projects for the purposes of recruiting, retaining, or providing advancement opportunities for direct care professional managers, including through education or training programs for such managers or individuals seeking to become such managers. Grants to eligible entities to create and carry out projects for the purposes of recruiting, retaining, or providing advancement opportunities for self-directed care professionals, including through education or training programs for such professionals or individuals seeking to become such professionals. Grants to eligible entities to create and carry out projects to recruit, retain, or provide advancement opportunities for home and community-based services workers providing services and supports to older individuals, or people with disabilities, who are eligible for coverage under a State Medicaid program. Not less than 30 percent of projects assisted with grants under this chapter shall be projects to provide career pathways that offer opportunities for professional development and advancement opportunities to direct care professionals. An eligible entity that carries out activities described in subsection (a)(2) prior to receipt of a grant under this chapter may use such grant to continue carrying out such activities, and, in using such grant to continue such activities, shall be treated as an eligible entity carrying out a project through a grant under this chapter.