; (II) disseminating best practices to recruit nontraditional apprenticeship populations, women, minorities, long-term unemployed, individuals with a disability, individuals recovering from substance abuse disorders, veterans, military spouses, individuals experiencing homelessness, individuals impacted by the criminal or juvenile justice system, and foster and former foster youth; and (III) engaging small, medium-size, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses, and employers in high-skill, high-wage, and in-demand industry sectors and occupations that are nontraditional apprenticeship occupations; and (ii) supporting the participation and retention of apprentices and employers described in clause (i) in the national apprenticeship system. (2) Technical assistance activities The Administrator shall carry out technical assistance activities, including the following: (A) Providing technical assistance to— (i) assist State apprenticeship agencies and sponsors in complying with the requirements of this Act, including developing the State plan in section 113(c), the process and standards described in subtitle B, and the evaluation and research requirements described in subtitle C; (ii) receive and resolve comments or complaints from youth apprentices, pre-apprentices, or apprentices, sponsors, employers, State apprenticeship agencies, State local workforce agencies or local workforce agencies, State educational agencies or local educational agencies, qualified intermediaries, labor organizations, joint labor-management organizations, or other stakeholders; (iii) assist sponsors, employers, qualified intermediaries, and education and training or related instruction providers, or other entities interested in becoming sponsors, or seeking support for developing programs under the national apprenticeship system or effectively carrying out such programs, including providing assistance for remote or virtual learning or training, as necessary