; (B) training staff of State, tribal, and local disaster relief, public health, and social service agencies on the needs and rights of covered individuals, preferably through training by experts who are individuals with disabilities and experts who are older adults; (C) creating partnerships between eligible entities, State, tribal, and local disaster relief, public health, and social service agencies, VOADs, other nongovernmental organizations, and organizations representing covered individuals; (D) assisting in the development and implementation, in partnership with State, tribal, and local disaster relief, public health, and social service agencies, of plans that will provide for a continuum of services to remove barriers to full engagement for covered individuals during a disaster and in preparedness (including planning) for, response to, recovery from, and mitigation of a disaster; (E) assisting in the creation of standards and identification of funding sources for rebuilding disaster-damaged housing and new housing that is accessible, affordable, and disaster-resilient; (F) assisting in the creation of standards for homeowner and flood insurance coverage for rebuilding disaster-damaged housing and new housing that is accessible, affordable, and disaster-resilient; (G) establishing universal design and accessibility standards for achieving and maintaining equal access for covered individuals throughout all hazard mitigation and disaster resilience activities; (H) establishing initiatives to increase new and transferred technology and innovations to solve notification, evacuation, health maintenance, and other barriers for covered individuals before, during, and after disasters; and (I) conducting research, in partnership with covered individuals, that will contribute to knowledge and strategies to— (i) decrease injuries, deaths, and harm to covered individuals