[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR669.110]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 669--NATIONAL FARMWORKER JOBS PROGRAM UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart A--Purpose and Definitions
 
Sec. 669.110  What definitions apply to this program?

    In addition to the definitions found in WIA sections 101 and 167 and 
in 20 CFR 660.300, the following definitions apply to programs under 
this part:

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    Allowances means direct payments, which must not exceed the higher 
of the State or Federal minimum wage, made to NFJP participants during 
their enrollment to enable them to participate in intensive or training 
services.
    Capacity enhancement means the technical assistance we provide to 
grantees and grantee staff by the Department to improve the quality of 
the program and the delivery of program services to NFJP participants.
    Dependent means an individual who:
    (1) Was claimed as a dependent on the qualifying farmworker's 
federal income tax return for the previous year; or
    (2) Is the spouse of the qualifying farmworker; or
    (3) If not claimed as a dependent for federal income tax purposes, 
is able to establish:
    (i) A relationship as the farmworker's
    (A) Child, grandchild, great grandchild, including legally adopted 
children;
    (B) Stepchild;
    (C) Brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, or 
stepsister;
    (D) Parent, grandparent, or other direct ancestor but not foster 
parent;
    (E) Foster child;
    (F) Stepfather or stepmother;
    (G) Uncle or aunt;
    (H) Niece or nephew;
    (I) Father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law; or
    (J) Daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; and
    (ii) The receipt of over half of his/her total support from the 
eligible farmworker's family during the eligibility determination 
period.
    Disadvantaged means a farmworker whose income, for any 12 
consecutive months out of the 24 months immediately before the 
farmworker applies for the program, does not exceed the higher of either 
the poverty line or 70 percent of the lower living standard income 
level, adjusted for the farmworker's family size and including the 
income of all wage earners, except when its inclusion would be unjust 
due to unstable conditions of the family unit.
    DSFP means the Division of Seasonal Farmworker Programs within the 
Employment and Training Administration of the Department, or a successor 
organizational unit.
    Eligibility determination period means any consecutive 12-month 
period within the 24-month period immediately preceding the date of 
application for the NFJP by the applicant farmworker.
    Emergency Assistance means assistance that addresses immediate needs 
of farmworkers and their families, provided by NFJP grantees. Except for 
evidence to support legal working status in the United States and 
Selective Service registration, where applicable, the applicant's self-
attestation is accepted as eligibility for emergency assistance.
    Farmwork means those occupations and industries within agricultural 
production and agricultural services that we identify for the National 
Farmworker Jobs Program.
    Housing development assistance within the NFJP, is a type of related 
assistance consisting of an organized program of education and on-site 
demonstrations about the basic elements of family housing and may 
include financing, site selection, permits and construction skills, 
leading towards home ownership.
    MOU means Memorandum of Understanding.
    MSFW means a Migrant or Seasonal Farmworker under WIA section 167.
    MSFW program grantee means an entity to which we directly award a 
WIA grant to carry out the MSFW program in one or more designated States 
or substate areas.
    National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) is the nationally 
administered workforce investment program for farmworkers established by 
WIA section 167 as a required partner of the One-Stop system.
    Related Assistance means short-term forms of direct assistance 
designed to assist farmworkers and their families to retain or stabilize 
their agricultural employment or enrollment in the NFJP.
    Self-certification means a farmworker's signed attestation that the 
information he/she submits to demonstrate eligibility for the NFJP is 
true and accurate.

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    Service area means the geographical jurisdiction in which a WIA 
section 167 grantee is designated to operate.
    Work experience means a planned, structured learning experience that 
takes place in a workplace for a limited period of time. Work experience 
may be paid or unpaid, as appropriate.