[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR491.5]



[Page 157-158]

 

                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                                EDUCATION

 

PART 491_ADULT EDUCATION FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 491.5  What definitions apply?



    (a) Definitions in the Act. The following terms used in this part 

are defined in sections 103 and 702(d), respectively, of the Steward B. 

McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Pub. L. 100-77, 42 U.S.C. 11301 et 

seq.):

    Homeless or homeless individual.

    State.

    (b) Definitions in EDGAR. The following terms used in this part are 

defined in 34 CFR 77.1:



Applicant

Application

Award

Contract

EDGAR

Grant

Grantee

Local educational agency

Nonprofit

Private

Project

Public

Secretary

State educational agency



    (c) Other definitions. The following definitions also apply to this 

part:

    Act means the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Pub. L. 

100-77, 42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.).

    Adult means an individual who has attained 16 years of age or who is 

beyond the age of compulsory school attendance under the applicable 

State law.

    Basic skills remediation and literacy training mean adult education 

for homeless adults whose inability to speak, read, or write the English 

language constitutes a substantial impairment of their ability to get or 

retain employment commensurate with their real ability, that is designed 

to help eliminate this inability and raise the level of education of 

those individuals with a view to making them less likely to become 

dependent on others, to improving their ability to benefit from 

occupational training and otherwise increasing their opportunities for 

more productive and profitable employment, and to making them better 

able to meet their adult responsibilities.

    Eligible recipients means public or private agencies, institutions, 

or organizations, including religious or charitable organizations, 

eligible to apply for a contract from a State educational



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agency to operate projects, services, or activities.

    Outreach means activities designed to--

    (1) Identify and inform adult homeless individuals of the 

availability and benefits of the Adult Education for the Homeless 

Program; and

    (2) Assist those homeless adults, by providing active recruitment 

and reasonable and convenient access, to participate in the program.



(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 11421)



Subpart B [Reserved]