; and (2) the grant programs described in subsection (d). (c) Duties The duties of the national land bank network shall be to— (1) provide technical assistance to member land banks to support skills training, staffing support, and other operational capacity needs of member land banks; (2) work with rural, suburban, and urban communities that are considering whether a land bank would be an appropriate tool to address vacant, abandoned, and other problem properties in those communities; (3) provide the communities described in paragraph (2) with technical assistance in the formation of a land bank; (4) develop partnerships and programming to advance the work of land banks; (5) support engagement between land banks and local communities; (6) provide land banks with access to education, expertise, and research that support the work of land banks, including environmental hazard remediation, land reuse, and rehabilitation of commercial and residential properties; (7) support the participation of land banks in local community planning processes; (8) support the engagement of land banks with residents of neighborhoods in which land banks operate; (9) work with rural communities and land banks to ensure that the grant programs established under subsection (d) and education initiatives, expertise, and research of the national land bank network address the specific challenges of rural areas; (10) support data collection by land banks to track and evaluate the activities and outcomes of land banks; and (11) support the use of specialized technology by land banks— (A) to enable strategic and targeted property acquisition and disposition; and (B) to facilitate the data collection described in paragraph (10) in a standardized manner that enables data to be aggregated and compared. (d) Grant programs (1) In general The eligible entity with which the Corporation enters into a contract under subsection (b) shall develop and administer grant programs to support— (A) land banks