40 Tex. Admin. Code § 835.2 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Business Partner--An
individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or
association.
(2) Community-based
organization (CBO)--A private nonprofit organization that is representative of
a community or a significant segment of a community and that provides
education, vocational education or rehabilitation, job training, or internship
services or programs. The term includes a neighborhood group or corporation,
union-related organization, employer-related organization, faith-based
organization, tribal government, or organization serving Native Americans. The
CBO must be certified as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization under the IRS Code
of 1986, as amended. A CBO providing services, which are regulated by the
state, must provide evidence of required certification, license, or
registration.
(3) Executive
director --The executive director of the Texas Workforce Commission.
(4) Grant recipient--A public community or
technical college, CBO, or state extension service awarded a grant from the
Self-Sufficiency Fund.
(5)
Individual at risk of becoming dependent on public assistance--An individual
who is a member of a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits
household with dependent children, a youth up to the age of 24 who is a part of
a low-income family, or a parent, including a noncustodial parent, whose income
does not exceed the income limit established by the Commission. To establish
the income limit, the Commission will consider the Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF) and SNAP income limits, and other relevant data,
including economic indicators such as the state unemployment rate and
inflation. The Commission may periodically review the income limit established
and may update the level as necessary to reflect changes in the economic
conditions in the state and the factors used to establish the income
limit.
(6) Low-income--An
individual whose family:
(A) receives any one
of the following benefits:
(i) TANF;
(ii) SNAP;
(iii) Children's Health Insurance Program;
or
(iv) income-based subsidized
child care through the Child Care and Development Fund;
(B) is eligible for or receives subsidized
public housing assistance;
(C)
participates in:
(i) the United States
Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service's Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children program; or
(ii) free or reduced-cost school lunch based
on income;
(D) is
eligible for, or enrolled in, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act youth
services; or
(E) income does not
exceed the income limit established by the Commission. To establish the income
limit, the Commission will consider the TANF and SNAP income limits, and other
relevant data, including economic indicators such as the state unemployment
rate and inflation. The Commission may periodically review the income limit
established and may update the level as necessary to reflect changes in the
economic conditions in the state and the factors used to establish the income
limit.
(7)
Participant--An individual who meets the eligibility criteria to engage in the
Self-Sufficiency Fund's training program by being either low-income, at risk of
becoming dependent on public assistance, or a youth up to the age of 24 who is
a part of a low-income family.
(8)
Public community college--A state-funded two-year educational institution
primarily serving its local taxing district and service area in Texas and
offering vocational, technical, and academic courses for certification or
associate degrees.
(9) Public
technical college--A state-funded coeducational institution of higher education
offering courses of study in vocational and technical education, for
certification or associate degrees.
(10) Self-Sufficiency--Employment with wages
reasonably calculated to make the employee independent of financial assistance
under Texas Human Resources Code, Chapter 31.
(11) State extension service--An education
service that provides technical and vocational training and is sponsored by a
higher education agency regulated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board.
(12) TANF recipient--An
individual who receives financial assistance under Texas Human Resources Code,
Chapter 31.
(13) Trade union--An
organization, agency, or employee committee, in which employees participate and
which exists for the purpose of dealing with employers concerning grievances,
labor disputes, wages, pay rates, employment hours, or work
conditions.
(14) Training
provider--Any public community or technical college, CBO, or state extension
service that provides training; or any individual, sole proprietorship,
partnership, corporation, association, consortium, governmental subdivision, or
public or private organization with whom a public community or technical
college, CBO, or state extension service has subcontracted to provide
training.
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