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instructional time for students;112 and programs or services that address housing insecurity, lack of affordable housing, or homelessness. The following activities remain enumerated eligible uses for disproportionately impacted households: remediation of lead paint or other lead hazards; housing vouchers and assistance relocating to neighborhoods with higher levels of economic opportunity; and programs or services that address educational disparities, including assistance to high -poverty school districts to advance equitable funding across districts and geographies and evidence -based services to address the academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs of students. Enumerated Eligible Uses for Impacted Households The interim final rule included several enumerated eligible uses to provide assistance to households or populations facing negative economic impacts due to COVID-19. Enumerated eligible uses included: food assistance; rent, mortgage, or utility assistance; counseling and legal aid to prevent eviction or homelessness; emergency assistance for burials, home repairs, weatherization, or other needs; internet access or digital literacy assistance; cash assistance; or job training to address negative economic or public health impacts experienced due to a worker's occupation or level of training. It also posed a question as to what other types of services or costs Treasury should consider as eligible uses to respond to the negative economic impacts of COVID-19. This section addresses each of these enumerated eligible uses in turn, with the exception of job training, which has been re -categorized for increased clarity to the eligible use for "assistance to unemployed and underemployed workers." In general, commenters supported 112For which recipients may presume that any student who did not have access to in -person instruction for a significant period of time was impacted by the pandemic. 80