; (B) leverage and encourage the use of other Federal funds from the Department and other Federal agencies; (C) provide loan and grant awards to partnerships and projects in accordance with paragraph (2); (D) consider providing to partnerships and projects financial assistance other than awards described in subparagraph (C), subject to the conditions that the financial assistance shall— (i) conform to all applicable laws (including regulations) and best industry practices; and (ii) be approved by the Secretary before the financial assistance is provided; (E) submit to the Secretary a program strategy and budget for the Initiative for approval under subsection (d)(2)(B); and (F) provide appropriate technical assistance to partnerships and projects that are seeking or have received funding under the Initiative, such as— (i) business planning; (ii) project feasibility analysis; (iii) market studies; (iv) pipeline development; (v) community engagement; and (vi) local hiring practices. (2) Awards process The National Fund Manager shall— (A) with respect to partnerships— (i) establish eligibility criteria for assistance under the Initiative; (ii) review each partnership application to ensure that the application is complete and the partnership is eligible to be considered for an award; (iii) establish a competitive award process that considers— (I) the lack of access to healthy food items in the community of a partnership; (II) the amount of local funds and other resources pledged by a partnership to match or leverage Initiative funds; (III) the degree of State, local, or Tribal government support of the partnership; (IV) the capacity of the partnership to successfully develop and manage loan and grant programs; (V) the capacity of the partnership to successfully develop, provide, or contract for technical assistance and business development services for healthy food retailers, healthy food producers, food hubs, or other healthy food business enterprises