child welfare agency. (H) An agency administering programs under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq. ). (I) An industry or sector partnership, to the extent practicable. (J) A labor organization or joint labor-management organization, to the extent practicable. (3) Optional partners The optional partners described in this paragraph are any of the following: (A) A one-stop operator. (B) An employer or employer association. (C) An entity that carries out a program that receives funding under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 ( 34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq. ). (D) A public agency, or community-based organization, with expertise in providing, to youth, evidence-based trauma support services, counseling (including trauma-informed and gender-responsive care), or mental health care. (E) A public housing agency, a collaborative applicant (as defined in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11360 )), or a private nonprofit organization that serves homeless youth and households or foster youth. (F) The operator of a Job Corps center. (G) Another appropriate State or local agency. (c) Application A local community partnership desiring a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary of Labor an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. At a minimum, each application shall include a comprehensive plan that— (1) demonstrates sufficient need for the grant to serve the local population, which need may be demonstrated— (A) on the basis of the relative number of high school dropouts in the local area to be served by the partnership, as compared to the total number of high school dropouts in local areas in all States