; (2) disability programs; (3) programs for older individuals; (4) nursing homes and intermediate care facilities; and (5) health care workforce programs, including direct care professional workforce programs. (b) Evaluation criteria The external evaluator shall document and evaluate the implementation and outcomes of this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, including outcomes based on— (1) the impact on workforce creation, training, education, recruitment, retention, professional development, and advancement of the direct care professional workforce, including direct care professionals from low-income families; (2) the economic effects, including the impact on compensation and benefits, on the direct care professional workforce; (3) the impact on working conditions, including scheduling flexibility and stability, for direct care professionals; (4) the impact of workforce investment activities, including supportive services, on recruitment, wages, benefits, and advancement of direct care professionals; (5) the impact on burnout, attrition, and stability of the direct care professional workforce; (6) the impact on vacancy rates and crude separation rates of the direct care professional workforce; (7) the economic effects on— (A) individuals enrolled for medical assistance under a State Medicaid program; (B) people with disabilities and older individuals receiving long-term care services, including home and community-based services; and (C) the families of any such individuals or persons described in subparagraph (A) or (B); (8) the impact on the capacity of States to ensure the delivery of long-term care services and on the costs to the Medicare and Medicaid programs; (9) the capacity of the direct care professional workforce to provide services for individuals needing long-term care services or changes in access, availability, and quality of long-term care services; (10) the impact on State waiting lists for home and community-based services