2006 Minnesota Statutes

116L.361 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Terms. For the purposes of sections 116L.361 to 116L.366, the following
terms have the meanings given them.
    Subd. 2. Advisory committee. "Advisory committee" means the committee established
in section 116L.363.
    Subd. 3. Eligible organization. "Eligible organization" means a public agency or a nonprofit
organization that can demonstrate an ability to implement a program for education and training
services provided to targeted youth. Eligible organizations may include local jurisdictions, public
school districts, private nonsectarian schools, postsecondary educational institutes, alternative
schools, community groups, and labor organizations.
    Subd. 4. Program. "Program" means the services and activities performed or contracted for
by an eligible organization for which a grant has been received or for which a grant application
has been submitted to the commissioner.
    Subd. 5. Homeless individual. "Homeless individual" or "homeless person" means:
(1) an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; and
(2) an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is:
(i) a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter or dwelling designed to provide
temporary living accommodations;
(ii) an institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be
institutionalized; or
(iii) a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping
accommodation for humans.
The term "homeless individual" does not include any individual imprisoned or otherwise
detained under federal or state law.
    Subd. 6. Targeted youth. "Targeted youth" means at-risk persons who are at least 16 years
of age but not older than 24 years of age, are eligible for the high school graduation incentive
program under section 124D.68, subdivision 2, or are economically disadvantaged as defined in
United States Code, title 29, section 1503, and are part of one of the following groups:
(1) persons who are not attending any school and have not received a secondary school
diploma or its equivalent; or
(2) persons currently enrolled in a traditional or alternative school setting or a GED program
and who, in the opinion of an official of the school, are in danger of dropping out of the school.
    Subd. 7. Very low income. "Very low income" means incomes that are at or less than 50
percent of the area median income, adjusted for family size, as estimated by the Department of
Housing and Urban Development.
History: 1988 c 686 art 3 s 1; 1989 c 328 art 7 s 1,2; 1991 c 345 art 2 s 47; 1993 c 369 s
80,81; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 107; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3; 2004 c 206 s 52