; in awarding such funding, the Secretary shall ensure that each such affected eligible entity receives the same proportionate share of funding under section 679(a)(1)(B) that it received in the prior fiscal year. (iii) Statewide funds In the event funding specified in section 679(b) is reduced, eliminated, or withheld due to the Secretary’s reduction or elimination of funding under subparagraph (B) or to the State’s failure to participate (as described in subparagraph (C)(i) above) in the block grant program established by this subtitle, the Secretary shall award amounts equal to the amounts of such reduced, eliminated, or withheld funds directly by grant or cooperative agreement to community services network organizations in the State (other than the State itself) for the purposes specified in section 679(b)(1). (iv) Reduction In the case of direct funding as provided in this subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall reduce funding the State would otherwise have received under section 675 or 676 (and, if necessary, de-obligate such funding) for the appropriate fiscal year by an amount equal to the financial assistance provided directly by the Secretary to such eligible entities and community services network organizations. (6) Training and technical assistance The Secretary, through the Department’s own employees or contractors (rather than under grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements issued under section 682), shall provide training and technical assistance to States with respect to the development or implementation of the States’ corrective action plans. (7) Prohibitions Nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit the Secretary (through regulation, guidance, grant criteria, or otherwise) to expand the authority of the Secretary beyond that expressly provided to the Secretary in this Act. (b) Determination of local agency failure To comply (1) Corrective action by local agencies If the State determines, on the basis of a review pursuant to section 683 or section 685, that there is a serious deficiency