; and (B) strengthening the capacity of units of local government and economic, community, and cooperative development organizations to implement community and economic development activities. (3) Retention On completion of service of an AmeriCorps participant in the Rural Future Corps, the Secretary shall encourage the retention of the participant in the applicable area in which the participant served. (4) Relationship to national service programs Notwithstanding section 122(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12752(a) ), for purposes of that Act, the approved national service positions provided under the agreement for the Rural Future Corps program will be considered to be used to support a national service program under section 122(b) of that Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12572(b) ). (d) Map The Secretary, in coordination with the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Agriculture, shall make publicly available on a website a map of areas represented by Councils, including, with respect to each area, the members of the Council. (e) Technical assistance partners The Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement under section 607(b)(4) of the Rural Development Act of 1972 ( 7 U.S.C. 2204b(b)(4) ) with an eligible technical assistance provider to provide technical assistance to the Secretary and Councils in carrying out the Fund. 385I. Evaluation and reporting (a) Evaluations Not later than the last day of the fourth year of the first rural partnership block grant awarded to a Council, and annually thereafter— (1) the Secretary shall evaluate the performance of the Council in carrying out the Plan of the Council in relation to the benchmarks established under subsection (b)