data-sharing with elder affairs agencies. (2) Linking the health care sector with the community services sector (including aging services and supports) to coordinate and promote community-based prevention services. (3) Ensuring that State and local emergency preparedness plans and activities address the special needs of older adults, particularly the most vulnerable populations. (4) Training State and local public health personnel to implement or adapt evidence-based and innovative health promotion and disease prevention programs and policies. (5) Improving community conditions and addressing social determinants to promote health and well-being and foster independence among older adults, such as efforts to advance age-friendly communities and dementia-friendly communities. (d) Technical assistance The Secretary shall (directly or through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts) provide technical assistance to eligible health departments in carrying out activities described in subsection (c). (e) Evaluations The Secretary shall (directly or through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts) provide for the evaluation of activities carried out under subsections (a), (b), and (c) in order to determine the extent to which such activities have been effective in carrying out the purpose described in subsection (a), including the effects of such activities on addressing health disparities. (f) Definition In this section, the term eligible health department means a health department of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 )), or a large city (as defined by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for purposes of this section). 4063. Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated— (1) $10,000,000 for the period of fiscal