; (ii) creating, expanding, or integrating related instruction and work-based learning, which may include training in the workplace and supporting partnerships to create opportunities for pre-apprentices to earn credit at a postsecondary educational institution for skills and competencies acquired during the pre-apprenticeship program; (iii) providing participants with career exploration and career planning activities and with exploration of postsecondary opportunities including apprenticeship programs; (iv) with respect to participants without a high school diploma or a generally recognized equivalent, paying the costs affiliated with acquiring such equivalent, and the costs of any related assessments of potential pre-apprentices or active pre-apprentices, including those that would verify the attainment of foundational knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in an apprenticeship program; (v) development or expansion of partnerships with organizations that assist program participants in accessing supportive services, which may include the 12-month period after the conclusion of a pre-apprenticeship program; (vi) providing commensurate wages to the linked apprenticeship program for pre-apprentices as they participate in and complete the pre-apprenticeship program, as appropriate; (vii) paying the cost of related instruction or assessment or licensure fees associated with the pre-apprenticeship program, as appropriate; (viii) providing stipends to pre-apprentices enrolled in a pre-apprenticeship program to cover costs such as housing, transportation, child care or out-of-pocket expenses resulting from the pre-apprenticeship program such as assessments and fees for industry-recognized credentials or driver’s licenses during the time of enrollment