(a) The California Workforce Development Board may develop necessary policies to ensure that grants awarded under the initiative fund are activities that are consistent with the intent of this article.
(b) (1) The California Workforce Development Board may provide technical assistance to grant recipients to carry out the initiative.
(2) The California Workforce Development Board may provide technical assistance by contract with a nonprofit organization. If the California Workforce Development Board contracts with a nonprofit organization, the California Workforce Development Board shall do both of the following:
(A) Develop criteria for the selection of the nonprofit organization.
(B) Award the contract through a transparent and competitive process, which shall include, but not be limited to, solicitation of proposals and evaluation of proposals through the criteria developed pursuant to subparagraph (A).
(c) For the purposes of this section, “nonprofit organization” means any private, nonprofit organization that qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986.