consultants, and home visitors. (7) Providing community-based information to local health departments to inform and improve health programming for hard-to-reach communities. (8) Preventing the spread of sexually transmitted disease, including through contact tracing. (9) Supporting the provision of mental and behavioral health services, including mental health first aid and peer-to-peer support. (10) Other activities determined appropriate by the Director. (11) 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 life expectancy, infant mortality, poverty, or other measure, as recommended by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and approved by the Director