; (2) award grants to applicants that propose to serve communities in rural areas and to applicants that propose to serve communities in urban areas; (3) give priority to applicants located in areas with a documented shortage of childcare providers; (4) give priority to applicants that include an institution of higher education with a program of study in early childhood education or a consortium of such institutions; and (5) give priority, if applicable, to applicants that demonstrate, in the application submitted under subsection (c) for a grant under this section, that the program to be funded with such grant will respond to the needs or goals identified by the applicable State in the statewide needs assessment or statewide strategic plan developed, updated, or implemented for purposes of a preschool development grant under section 9212 of the Every Student Succeeds Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9831 note). (e) Use of funds Each eligible partnership receiving a grant under this section shall use such grant to establish, support, or expand career and technical education programs of study in early childhood education, which shall include one or more of the following: (1) curriculum development and delivery, including classroom instruction, work-based learning, support attainment of dual or concurrent enrollment credits, industry credentials such as a Child Development Associate, a preapprenticeship, and an apprenticeship through career and technical student organizations; (2) supporting the recruiting, hiring, and training of effective educators in early childhood education, including educators who became certified through State and local alternative routes to certification