; (iii) strengthen the interpersonal and emotional skills of youth, such as communication, problem-solving, empathy, and conflict management; (iv) connect youth to mental health professionals, counselors, mentors, community leaders, crisis intervention professionals, community violence interrupters, or educators trained in trauma-informed care and activities; (v) foster community engagement and safe community environments; or (vi) lessen harms of escalating violence and prevent future risk of violence, including gun violence; (2) technical assistance to local educational agencies and community-based nonprofit organizations with respect to the development of programs described in paragraph (1); (3) facilitating community partnerships among youth, families, schools, local businesses, and agencies with respect to such programs; (4) increasing teacher, school leader, and other school personnel access to evidence-based trauma support services, social and emotional learning, and mental health services through professional development; and (5) collecting data in accordance with subsection (g). (c) Eligibility To be eligible for a grant under subsection (a), an entity shall be a partnership that includes— (1) a State educational agency, in coordination with 1 or more local educational agencies located in a municipality or other local government— (A) that, for not fewer than 2 of the 3 years preceding the grant application— (i) experienced 35 or more homicides per year; (ii) experienced 20 or more homicides per year and had a homicide rate that was not less than double the national average; (iii) had high rates of violent injury or injury recidivism among youth as determined by the State; or (iv) had a juvenile arrest rate for violent crime that was not less than double the national average; or (B) that demonstrates a unique and compelling need for additional resources to address youth gun violence