(iii) promote adult literacy, including strategies to master reading and writing and providing digital formats to increase accessibility; and (iv) provide English language learning programs to promote access to the workforce; provided, however, that as an alternative, eligible grant recipients may provide opportunities that:

1. (A) provide job skills trainings, including education and hands-on skills for individuals with intellectual, developmental or physical disabilities; or (B) facilitate work permits, professional credentialing or other workforce opportunities for non-citizens permanently residing under color of law or otherwise lawfully present in the commonwealth. The secretary of economic development shall establish criteria to evaluate applications for the grant program; provided, that the criteria shall include, but shall not be limited to, at risk populations; provided further, that preference shall be given to eligible grant recipients providing opportunities for individuals who meet at least 2 of the following:

   1. (i) is under 30 years of age;
   2. (ii) is a victim of violence;
   3. (iii) is over 18 years of age and does not have a high school diploma;
   4. (iv) has been convicted of a felony;
   5. (v) has been unemployed or has had a family income below 250 per cent of the federal poverty level for not less than 6 months;
   6. (vi) lives in a census tract where over 20 per cent of the populations fall below the federal poverty line;
   7. (vii) is an immigrant, refugee or person of color; or (viii) is an individual with an intellectual, developmental or physical disability.
   8. (d) Annually, not later than October 1, the secretary of economic development shall provide a report of the grants given and a breakdown of expenditures made by the fund. The report shall be posted on the website of the executive office of housing and economic development.