[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1351.1]

[Page 258-259]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1351_RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_Definition of Terms
 
Sec.  1351.1  Significant terms.


    For the purposes of this part:
    (a) Aftercare services means the provision of services to runaway or 
otherwise homeless youth and their families, following the youth's 
return home or placement in alternative living arrangements which assist 
in alleviating the problems that contributed to his or her running away 
or being homeless.
    (b) Area means a specific neighborhood or section of the locality in 
which the runaway and homeless youth project is or will be located.
    (c) Coordinated networks of agencies means an association of two or 
more private agencies, whose purpose is to develop or strengthen 
services to runaway or otherwise homeless youth and their families.
    (d) Counseling services means the provision of guidance, support and 
advice to runaway or otherwise homeless youth and their families 
designed to alleviate the problems which contributed to the youth's 
running away or being homeless, resolve intrafamily problems, to reunite 
such youth with their families, whenever appropriate, and to help them 
decide upon a future course of action.
    (e) Demonstrably frequented by or reachable means located in an area 
in which runaway or otherwise homeless youth congregate or an area 
accessible to such youth by public transportation or by the provision of 
transportation by the runaway and homeless youth project itself.
    (f) Homeless youth means a person under 18 years of age who is in 
need of services and without a place of shelter where he or she receives 
supervision and care.
    (g) Juvenile justice system means agencies such as, but not limited 
to juvenile courts, law enforcement, probation, parole, correctional 
institutions, training schools, and detention facilities.
    (h) Law enforcement structure means any police activity or agency 
with legal responsibility for enforcing a criminal code including, 
police departments and sheriffs offices.
    (i) A locality is a unit of general government--for example, a city, 
county, township, town, parish, village, or a

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combination of such units. Federally recognized Indian tribes are 
eligible to apply for grants as local units of government.
    (j) Runaway and homeless youth project means a locally controlled 
human service program facility outside the law enforcement structure and 
the juvenile justice system providing temporary shelter, either directly 
or through other facilities, counseling and aftercare services to 
runaway or otherwise homeless youth.
    (k) Runaway youth means a person under 18 years of age who absents 
himself or herself from home or place of legal residence without the 
permission of his or her family.
    (l) Short-term training means the provision of local, State, or 
regionally based instruction to runaway or otherwise homeless youth 
service providers in skill areas that will directly strengthen service 
delivery.
    (m) A State includes any State of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands, and any territory or possession of the United States.
    (n) Technical assistance means the provision of expertise or support 
for the purpose of strengthening the capabilities of grantee 
organizations to deliver services.
    (o) Temporary shelter means the provision of short-term (maximum of 
15 days) room and board and core crisis intervention services, on a 24-
hour basis, by a runaway and homeless youth project.

[43 FR 55635, Nov. 28, 1978, as amended at 54 FR 20854, May 15, 1989; 55 
FR 5601, Feb. 16, 1990]