such individuals and their families to better organize their time and focus their activities on productive endeavors while providing them extra resources to do so, (3) could be short-term, over just a year or 2, and aimed at helping families achieve very basic goals, such as avoiding homelessness and hunger, (4) could be long-term with far more ambitious goals for upward mobility, and (5) would require that participating individuals and families, government entities, and nonprofit partners have equal rights to hold each other accountable for plan outcomes and funding. (b) Fiscal Years Pilot projects authorized by subsection (a) shall be carried out in each of the fiscal years 2020 through 2025. 6. Competitive grants for pilot projects (a) Application for grant The Secretaries shall each create grant application processes to competitively make grants to eligible entities to aid target populations. To be eligible to receive a grant for a fiscal year under this section, eligible entities shall submit to the appropriate Secretary an application that contains a description of how the applicant proposes to use the grant funds to implement the components of the pilot projects authorized by this section. Applications shall be submitted in such form, at such time, and containing such other information as the Secretaries may require. (b) Form of grants If a Secretary finds it appropriate, the Secretary may use cooperative agreements, as described in section 6305 of title 31, United States Code, for purposes of making grants under this section. (c) Amount of grant Grants made under this section shall range in amounts from $250,000 to $3,000,000, and should be proportionate to the geographical size, project complexity, and number of individuals participating in each project. Eligible entities may receive grants made under this section by 2 or more of the Secretaries. To the extent funds are available, each Secretary shall make not fewer than 8 such grants annually. (d) Distribution of grants To the extent practicable, the