the State from using other funds awarded under this subtitle to carry out the activities described in section 679(b)(2)(B), unless the State corrects the failure to meet the requirements. (C) Direct awards to other entities (i) Reduction or elimination of State funding If the Secretary reduces or eliminates funding to a State under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall award funding, in the amount by which funding to the State was reduced or eliminated, directly to eligible entities or community services network organizations in the State, as applicable. (ii) Direct funding to eligible entities Eligible entities that are grantees receiving funds directly from the Secretary, as described in clause (i), shall carry out the activities described in section 679(c) in the same manner as those eligible entities would be required to carry out such activities as subgrantees under that section. (iii) Statewide funds If funds described in section 679(b) are reduced or eliminated, amounts equal to the amounts of such reduced or eliminated funds shall be awarded to an association of eligible entities in the State (or if there is no such association, to one or more eligible entities) for the purposes specified in section 679(b)(1)(B). (iv) State decision to not participate In the event a State elects not to receive funding under this subtitle, including a refusal to submit a plan meeting the Secretary’s requirements, the Secretary shall provide funding directly by grant or cooperative agreement to eligible entities in good standing at the end of the last fiscal year for which the State received an allocation under this subtitle. (6) Training and technical assistance The Secretary, through the Department’s own employees or contractors (rather than under grants, contracts or cooperative agreements issued under section 682), shall provide training and technical assistance to States with respect to the development or implementation of the States’ corrective action plans. (7) Prohibitions Nothing in this Act shall be construed to