"Applicant" means an entity seeking funding
under these rules.
"Community empowerment area"
or"area" means an entity as defined in Iowa Code section 71.5
as amended by 1999 Iowa Acts, Senate File 439, sections 10 and 11, and as
further defined by any administrative rules implemented by the Iowa empowerment
board pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 71.
"Department" means the department of human
services.
"Iowa empowerment hoard"
or"hoard" means the entity as defined in Iowa Code section
71.2 as
amended by 1999 Iowa Acts, Senate File 439, sections 3 to 7.
"Low-income families" means families at or
below 185 percent of the federal poverty level.
"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
" means a federal funding stream, for which the state is eligible
under Public Law
104-193, for use in welfare reform and related
activities.
