Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/635

 PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978

92 STAT. 1915

Index for that year bears to the Consumer Price Index for 1969, rounded to the nearest $1,000. "(17) The term 'lower living standard income level' means that income level (adjusted for regional, metropolitan, urban, and rural differences and family size) determined annually by the Secretary based upon the most recent 'lower living family budget' issued by the Secretary. "(18) The term 'offender' means any adult or juvenile who is or has been subject to any stage of the criminal justice process for whom employment and training services may be beneficial or who requires assistance in overcoming artificial barriers to employment resulting from a record of arrest or conviction. " (19) The term 'project' means, for the purpose of titles 11 and VI, a definable task or group of related tasks which will be com- Post, pp. 1950, pleted within a definable period of time, has a public service objec- 2003. tive, will result in a specific product or accomplishment, and would otherwise not be done with existing funds. "(20) The term 'project applicants' includes States and agencies thereof, units of general local government and agencies thereof or combinations or associations of such governmental units when the primary purpose of such combinations or associations is to assist such governmental units to provide public services, special purpose political subdivisions having the power to levy taxes and spend funds or serving such special purpose within an area served by one or more units of general local government, local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, community-based organizations, community development corporations, nonprofit groups and organizations serving Native Americans, and other private nonprofit organizations or institutions engaged in public service. "(21) The term 'public assistance' means Federal, State, or local government cash payments for which eligibility is determined by a need or income test. "(22) The term 'public service' includes work, including parttime work, in such fields as environmental quality, health care, education, child care, public safety, crime prevention and control, prisoner rehabilitation, transportation, recreation, maintenance of parks, streets, and other public facilities, solid waste removal, pollution control, housing and neighborhood improvements, rural development, conservation, beautification, veterans outreach, and other fields of human betterment and community improvement. "(23) The term 'recipient' means any person, organization, unit of government, corporation, or other entity receiving financial assistance under this Act whether directly from the Secretary, or through another recipient by subgrant, contract, subcontract, agreement, or otherwise. "(24) The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Labor. "(25) The term 'State' includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. "(26) The term 'supportive services' means services which are designed to contribute to the employability of participants, enhance their employment opportunities, assist them in retaining employment, and facilitate their movement into permanent

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