a State or local public holding company that invests and acquires ownership in distressed businesses to allow them to continue operating or reopen later. (ii) Piloting a model that seeks to improve individual economic security through every stage of career life, particularly for workers who are left out of traditional unemployment insurance, benefits, or worker training and retraining programs such as independent contractors, gig workers, business owners, and individuals who are caring for dependents or otherwise not working outside of the home. This may include efforts to provide broader lifelong access to income support, access to pensions or retirement savings accounts, health care benefits, paid family leave, medical leave, and other fringe benefits. (iii) Establishing sector-based or labor-management governance boards with shared oversight over a worker support fund. Worker support funds may be used to provide ongoing training and retraining opportunities, income support during unemployment, health insurance or other health and wellness benefits, flexible or compensation during alternative or flexible work schedules, paid sick leave or paid family leave, or other benefits as determined by the joint sector-based or worker-management governing body. (3) Priority In awarding implementation grants under this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Interagency Task Force, shall prioritize the following States: (A) States that demonstrate the greatest need. (B) States that have the most thorough plans for deploying interventions. (C) States that prioritize individuals with barriers to employment, people of color, immigrants, youth, formerly incarcerated individuals, and/or people experiencing pandemic-related job displacement. (D) States that are committed to forging career pathways with employers that provide high-quality jobs (as defined by the State in section 102(b)(10)), or in a case in which the State does not submit a State plan under title I, as defined in accordance with the requirements of section