; and (D) provide for payment of Job Corps stipends, including emergency Job Corps stipends, and facilitate such payments through means such as debit cards with no usage fees, and corresponding financial literacy. (b) Flexibility In order to provide for the successful continuity of services and enrollment periods during the COVID–19 national emergency, additional flexibility shall be provided for Job Corps participants and practitioners, including the following: (1) Eligibility Notwithstanding the age requirements for enrollment under section 144(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3194(a)(1) ), an individual seeking to enroll in Job Corps and who turns 25 during the COVID–19 national emergency may be eligible for such enrollment. (2) Enrollment length Notwithstanding section 146(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3196(b) ), the period of enrollment may extend beyond 2 years for an individual enrolled in Job Corps during the COVID–19 national emergency, as long as such extension does not exceed a 2-year, continuous period of enrollment after the COVID–19 national emergency. (3) Advanced career training programs Notwithstanding paragraph (2), with respect to advanced career training programs under section 148(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3198(c) ) in which the enrollees may continue to participate for a period not to exceed 1 year in addition to the period of participation to which the enrollees would otherwise be limited, the COVID–19 national emergency shall not be considered as any portion of such additional 1-year participation period. (4) Counseling and job placement The counseling and job placement services described in section 149 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3199 ) shall be available to former enrollees— (A) whose enrollment was interrupted due to the COVID–19 national emergency; (B) who graduated from Job Corps on or after January 1, 2020