; (5) convene experts in the direct care professional workforce, including direct care professionals, to develop equity-based resources; and (6) collaborate with organizations representing people with disabilities, older individuals, people of color, women, immigrants, and LGBT communities, and others as determined by the Secretary. (c) Reporting Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress an update on the activities and outcomes of the initiative under subsection (a) (d) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029. III Workforce labor protections A Long-term Care Workforce Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act 301. Definitions In this subtitle: (1) Administrator The term the Administrator means the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor. (2) Community partner The term community partner means any stakeholder with a commitment to enforcing wage and hour laws and preventing abuses of such laws, including any— (A) State department of labor; (B) attorney general of a State or other similar authorized official of a political subdivision thereof; (C) law enforcement agency; (D) consulate; (E) employee or advocate of employees, including a labor organization, community- and faith-based organization, business association, disability organization, older individual organization, or nonprofit legal aid organization; (F) academic institution that plans, coordinates, and implements programs and activities to prevent wage and hour violations and recover unpaid wages, damages, and penalties; or (G) any municipal agency responsible for the enforcement of local wage and hour laws. (3) Community partnership The term community partnership means a partnership between— (A) a working group consisting of community partners