Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.19102 - Definitions; D to W

Rule 102. As used in these rules:

(a) "Department" means the Michigan department of human services.

(b) "Designate" means formal approval of a proposed CAA by the executive director.

(c) "Director" means the director of the department.

(d) "Eligibility entity" means an entity:

(i) that is an eligible entity described in section 673(1) as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998 as of the day before such date of enactment or is designated by the process described in section 676A, including an organization serving migrant or seasonal farmworkers that is so described or designated; and

(ii) that has a tripartite board or other mechanism described in subsection (a) or (b), as appropriate, of section 676B.

(e) "Executive director" means the chief administrator of the bureau.

(f) "Governing board" means the board of directors of a private nonprofit CAA or of a CAA that is a public agency that has the same legal powers and responsibilities as the board of directors of any private, nonprofit organization.

(g) "Grant" means an award of funds by the bureau to a contractor agency for administrative and contract purposes or to another entity in accordance with criteria established by the bureau.

(h) "Grantee" means a local CAA, public agency, nonprofit private agency, nonprofit organization, or other entity that receives funds from the bureau.

(i) "Limited purpose agency" or "LPA" means an agency that is officially designated as such under the provisions of the Community Services Block Grant Act, 42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq. as amended.

(j) "Local Weatherization Operator" or "LWO" means an agency that provides weatherization services within the parameters of the established contract.

(k) "Low income person" means a person who is a member of a household that has a gross annual income that is equal to or less than the poverty standard for the same size household.

(l) "Management decision letter" means a written response to a corrective action plan submitted by a CAA.

(m) "Means test" means the measure of income, financial resources, or real property as a basis for establishing eligibility or service limits to a low-income person.

(n) "Monitoring" means the process used in order to determine whether eligible entities meet the performance goals, administrative standards, financial management requirements, and other requirements of federal, state, and local policies and requirements.

(o) "Nonprofit" means a nonprofit corporation that is registered and in good standing with the corporations division, Michigan department of licensing and regulatory affairs, pursuant to the provisions of 162 PA 1982, the nonprofit corporation act. This term includes religious organizations to which the provisions of 42 U.S.C. 9901 apply.

(p) "Poverty standard" means the federal poverty guidelines published annually in the federal register by the United States department of health and human services under its authority to revise the poverty line under section 673(2) of subtitle B of title VI of the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1981, Public Law 97-35, 42 U.S.C. 9902.

(q) "Private sector" means representatives of business and industry, agriculture, labor, and religious and civic organizations.

(r) "Program cost" means all costs incurred by a grantee in managing, administering, and delivering services to low-income persons.

(s) "Program income" means gross income earned by the grantee from grant-supported activities.

(t) "Public sector" means representatives of units of local government and public agencies.

(u) "Rescission of designation" means the executive directors removal of a grantee's status as a CAA and the loss of a grantees rights to consideration for formula funding from the bureau.

(v) "Self-sufficiency" means the achievement or maintenance of a reasonable degree of self-determination and independence that enables an individual to carry out the normal responsibilities and activities of daily life without sustained assistance from governmental or other agencies.

(w) "Service area" means the geographical area served by a community action agency.

(z) "Service provider" means an entity that is under contract to a grantee and that provides services to low-income persons.

(aa) "Service recipient" means a low-income person who receives services directly from a service provider.

(bb) "State plan" means the document required by the provisions of sections 5 and 10 of the act.

(cc) "State program budget request" means state funds, federal block grants, and federal categorical grants that the legislature appropriates annually for community social and economic programs.

(dd) "Statewide database" means a shared electronic database used to store client eligibility information, demographic data, and national performance indicators.

(ee) "Supporting documentation" means additional documentation to support the activity, program, or expenditure. Examples include agency general ledgers, invoices, client applications, proof of contract deliverables, and other internal documentation.

(ff) "Weatherization", Weatherization Assistance Program" or "WAP" is a program administered by the bureau as required in section 5(m) of the act to reduce the energy costs for low-income families, particularly for the elderly, people with disabilities and children.

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.19102

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