; (B) any previous experience of the eligible entity in providing such educational or career training programs; and (C) the extent to which such project will meet the educational or career training needs identified under subsection (i). (f) Criteria for award of grants (1) In general Subject to appropriations, the Secretary shall award grants under this section based on an evaluation of— (A) the merits of the grant proposal; (B) the likely employment opportunities available to individuals who complete the educational or career training program that the eligible entity proposes to develop, offer, or improve; (C) prior demand for such educational or career training programs in the community served by the eligible entity; and (D) the availability and capacity of existing educational or career training programs in the community to meet future demand for such programs. (2) Priority Priority in awarding grants under this section shall be given to eligible entities that— (A) are located in an economically distressed area; (B) focus on individuals who are— (i) displaced workers (particularly workers displaced from the offshore oil and gas, onshore fossil fuel, nuclear energy, or fishing industries); (ii) veterans, members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, or former members of such reserve components; (iii) unemployed; (iv) seeking employment pathways out of poverty and into economic self-sufficiency; (v) at-risk youth; or (vi) formerly incarcerated, ad­ju­di­ca­ted, nonviolent offenders