; (D) life-cycle analysis of a prospective project; (E) Federal assistance programs; and (F) policies that maximize the creation of high-quality jobs in the United States; and (2) technical expertise through representatives from regional and national design, architecture, engineering, and planning firms and public, private, and nonprofit land use professionals. (f) Funding The Secretary shall use not less than 10 percent of the amounts made available to carry out section 10444 for each fiscal year to carry out the program. 10444. Connect Communities Program (a) Establishment (1) In general The Secretary of Transportation (referred to in this section as the Secretary ), in coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Labor, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out a competitive grant program to be known as the Connect Communities Program (referred to in this section as the program ) to provide grants for projects to create connected, economically prosperous, and environmentally and physically healthy communities in— (A) areas that are economically disadvantaged, including areas that have experienced levels of poverty of 20 percent or more, high levels of outmigration, and high levels of deindustrialization; (B) areas that currently lack accessible and affordable transportation options in terms of— (i) lack of access to jobs and services; and (ii) lack of physical accessibility; (C) neighborhoods bifurcated by large-scale infrastructure projects; or (D) areas that have been negatively impacted by climate change. (2) Goals The goals of the program are— (A) to reduce the cost of construction, operations, and maintenance of arterial highways; (B) to demonstrate the social, economic, and environmental benefits that result from replacing a grade-separated facility with an at-grade boulevard