or the equivalent, and individuals facing substantial cultural barriers. (H) Individuals within 2 years of exhausting lifetime eligibility under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). (I) Single parents (including single pregnant women). (J) Long-term unemployed individuals. (K) Such other groups as the Secretary of Labor determines to have barriers to employment. (4) Local entity The term local entity means a unit of general local government or a nonprofit or other organization serving such a unit. (5) Period of economic recession The term period of economic recession means not less than a consecutive 3-month period of decline in national payroll employment, which shall be determined to have ended on the date on which the national payroll employment reaches the level reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor in the highest month of national payroll employment prior to such period of decline. (6) WIOA terms The terms in-demand industry sector or occupation , poverty line , recognized postsecondary credential , State , and unit of general local government have the meanings given the terms in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.