supportive supervision skills and practices. (8) Supplies and equipment Members of the Force and their supervisors shall receive all necessary supplies and equipment, including personal protective equipment, through State, locality, territorial, Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, urban Indian health organization, or health service providers to Tribes funded entities, which may use funds awarded under grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section to pay for such supplies and equipment. (9) Subawards As authorized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, State, locality, territorial, Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, urban Indian health organization, or health service providers to Tribes funded entities may make subawards to local partners, including community health centers and other community-based and nonprofit organizations, in order to facilitate Force member recruitment, management, supervision, management, and retention as well as to facilitate Force integration into existing public health, health care, and community-based services. (10) Service in public health emergency A State, locality, territory, Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, urban Indian health organization, or health service providers to Tribes receiving funding under a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement this section shall assign one or more Force members to respond to a public health emergency in the area served by such entity. Such Force members shall be under the supervision and management of the State, locality, territory, Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, urban Indian health organization, or health service providers to Tribes involved. (11) Service post emergency A State, locality, territory, Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, urban Indian health organization, or health service providers to Tribes may retain one or more Force members to continue to work in the area served by the entity after a public health emergency has ended in order to— (A) prevent and respond to future public health emergencies