; or (C) an employer partnership that has committed to hiring individuals who successfully complete all activities under the project is located. (5) Applications that include a commitment to providing project participants with a cash stipend or wage supplement. (6) Applications submitted by applicants who are serving or situated in communities of color and other underserved communities. (7) Applications which have an emergency cash fund to assist project participants financially in emergency situations. (c) Grants (1) Competitive grants (A) Grant authority (i) In general The Secretary shall make a grant in accordance with this paragraph to an eligible entity whose application for the grant is approved by the Secretary, to conduct a project designed to train low-income individuals for allied health professions, health information technology, physician assistants, nursing assistants, licensed practical/vocational nurse, registered nurse, advanced practice nurse, direct care professionals, and other professions considered part of a health care career pathway model. (ii) Guarantee of grantees in each State and the District of Columbia For each grant cycle, the Secretary shall award a grant under this paragraph to at least 2 eligible entities in each State that is not a territory, to the extent there are a sufficient number of applications that have a high likelihood of success and that are submitted by the entities that meet the requirements applicable with respect to such a grant. If, for a grant cycle, there are fewer than 2 such eligible entities in a State that have submitted applications with a high likelihood of success, the Secretary shall identify qualified eligible applicants located elsewhere, that are otherwise approved but un-funded, and issue a Substitution of Grant and tailored technical assistance. In the preceding sentence, the term issue a Substitution of Grant means, in a case in which an approved grantee does not complete its full project period, or in which there are fewer than 2 qualified