; (B) helping community members address social, economic, behavioral health, and preventive health needs using evidence-informed models and in accordance with standards, including national community health worker standards being developed by the National Center for Quality Assurance; and (C) providing community-based information to local and tribal health departments to inform and improve health programming for hard-to-reach communities. (2) Other activities determined appropriate by the Director. (3) Other activities, including response to localized public health emergencies, as determined appropriate by State, locality, territory, Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, urban Indian health organization, or health service providers to Tribes funding recipients and in accordance with grant and cooperative agreement scope and stipulations. (g) Focal communities State, locality, territorial, Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, urban Indian health organization, or health service providers to Tribes funded entities shall dedicate a substantial number of Force members to addressing the needs of focal communities. To be designated as a focal community, a community shall at a minimum— (1) be in the bottom 50 percent of the United States in terms of infant mortality, poverty, or other measure, as recommended by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and approved by the Director; (2) be identified as a most vulnerable community according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Social Vulnerability Index