; (v) comprehensive guidance and counseling, which may include drug and alcohol abuse, prevention services, counseling and referral, as appropriate; (vi) financial literacy education; (vii) entrepreneurial skills training; (viii) services that provide labor market and employment information about in-demand industry sectors or occupations available in the local area, such as career awareness, career counseling, and career exploration services; (ix) activities to develop fundamental workforce readiness skills, or to develop employability skills (such as communication, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking) that support social-emotional development through every developmental stage, in both formal and informal learning experiences; (x) academic counseling to support workforce readiness; and (xi) career exposure, through mentoring and targeted programming, offered by local industry or sector partnerships, to provide career assessments and education and career planning; and (C) that may include— (i) the provision of professional development (as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2302 )) for training educators and other providers of educational services who participate in the workforce readiness program; and (ii) developing assets and resources that assist an employer or groups of employers or sectors in working with eligible youth. (b) Subgrants The eligible entity may use the grant funds, with the approval of the Secretary, to award subgrants to eligible organizations to carry out activities through a youth workforce readiness program. 8. Evaluation and reporting (a) Measures of effectiveness (1) In general An eligible entity that implements a youth workforce readiness program under this Act shall— (A) ensure that the program is— (i) based upon an assessment of objective data regarding the need for such a program in the communities served