Authority to award grants

(a) Grants (1) In general 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. (2) Categories of grants The categories of grants described in this paragraph are each of the following: (A) Direct care professional grants 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) or (C), including through education or training programs for such professionals or individuals seeking to become such professionals. (B) Direct care professional managers grants 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 managers or supervisory staff that have coaching, training, managerial, supervisory, or other oversight responsibilities, including through education or training programs for such professionals or individuals seeking to become such professionals. (C) Self-directed care professionals grants 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. (D) Family caregiver grants Grants to eligible entities to create and carry out projects for providing support to paid or unpaid family caregivers through educational, training, or other resources, including resources for caregiver self-care or educational or training resources for individuals newly in a caregiving role or seeking additional support in the role of a family caregiver. (3) Projects for advancement opportunities Not less than 30 percent of projects assisted with grants under this Act shall be projects to provide career pathways that offer opportunities for professional development and advancement opportunities to direct care professionals. (b) Treatment of continuation activities An eligible entity that carries out activities described in subsection (a)(2) prior to receipt of a grant under this Act 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 Act.