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 123STA T . 1 49 2 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 09 duty,an dt h at th eCorp orat i on, in c on s u l tation ( as appropriate )w ith the S ecretary o fV eterans A ffairs, esta b lishes or ‘ ‘(i x ) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an i m pro v ement in performance is needed) relatin g to the education ors k ill attainment, or the improvement, described in clause (viii), that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission . ‘‘( 5 ) OP P ORTUNI T YC ORP S . — ‘‘(A) I N GE NER AL .— T he recipient may carry out national service programs through an Opportunity Corps that identi - fies and meets unmet needs relating to economic oppor- tunity for economically disadvantaged individuals within communities, through activities such as those described in subparagraph ( B ) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C). ‘‘(B) ACTI V ITIES.—An Opportunity Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as— ‘‘(i) providing financial literacy education to economically disadvantaged individuals, including financial literacy education with regard to credit management, financial institutions including banks and credit unions, and utili z ation of savings plans; ‘‘(ii) assisting in the construction, rehabilitation, or preservation of housing units, including energy effi- cient homes, for economically disadvantaged individ- uals; ‘‘(iii) assisting economically disadvantaged individ- uals, including homeless individuals, in finding place- ment in and maintaining housing; ‘‘(iv) assisting economically disadvantaged individ- uals in obtaining access to health services for them- selves or their children; ‘‘(v) assisting individuals in obtaining information about F ederal, State, local, or private programs or benefits focused on assisting economically disadvan- taged individuals, economically disadvantaged chil- dren, or low-income families; ‘‘(vi) facilitating enrollment in and completion of j ob training for economically disadvantaged individ- uals; ‘‘(vii) assisting economically disadvantaged individ- uals in obtaining access to job placement assistance; ‘‘(viii) carrying out a program that seeks to elimi- nate hunger in low-income communities and rural areas through service in projects— ‘‘(I) involving food banks, food pantries, and nonprofit organizations that provide food during emergencies; ‘‘(II) seeking to address the long-term causes of hunger through education and the delivery of appropriate services; ‘‘(III) providing training in basic health, nutri- tion, and life skills necessary to alleviate hunger in communities and rural areas; or