Or. Admin. Code § 414-900-0010 - Definitions

(1) "Administrative Overhead" means any dollar that is not spent directly on services for children or on preparing and evaluating services for children. This is the cost of operating administrative functions within the Hub and its subcontractors and may include staff duties such as payroll processing and data entry and non-program related costs including space, supplies and phones.

(2) "At Poverty Level" means at 100% of federal poverty guidelines as adopted by the United States Department of Health and Human Service.

(3) "At Risk" means a child who is at risk of not entering school ready to learn due to factors including but not limited to:

(a) Living in a household that is at or near poverty, as determined under federal poverty guidelines;

(b) Living in inadequate or unsafe housing; having inadequate nutrition;

(c) Living in a household where there is significant or documented domestic conflict, disruption or violence;

(d) Having a parent who suffers from mental illness, who engages in substance abuse or who experiences a developmental disability or an intellectual disability;

(e) Living in circumstances under which there is neglectful or abusive care-giving; or

(f) Having unmet health care and medical treatment needs and having a racial or ethnic minority status that is historically consistent with disproportionate overrepresentation in academic achievement gaps or in the systems of child welfare, foster care or juvenile or adult corrections.

(4) "Community of interest" means a special population not constrained by geography.

(5) "Early Childhood Services" means programs and services for children ages 0 through 6 years of age that address language and literacy development, cognition and general knowledge and learning approaches, physical health and well-being, motor development and social and emotional development.

(6) "Early Learning Hub" means an existing or newly created entity designated by regional partners to coordinate early learning services designed to produce better outcomes for children: increase kindergarten readiness for at-risk children, to increase the stable and attached families and to ensure system coordination and efficiency in order to attain Oregon's 40-40-20 Educational Goal. Regional partners may include counties, cities, school districts, education service districts, community colleges, public universities, private educational institutions, faith based organizations, nonprofit service providers, and tribes.

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Or. Admin. Code § 414-900-0010

ELD 1-2013(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 8-16-13 thru 2-12-14; ELD 4-2013(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 9-9-13 thru 3-5-14; ELD 2-2014, f. & cert. ef. 1-15-14; DELC 51-2023, minor correction filed 11/01/2023, effective 11/1/2023

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 417.728 & ORS 417.827

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 417.728 & ORS 417.827