Sec. 457. DEFINITIONS
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## SEC. 457 DEFINITIONS **[**[42 U.S.C. 12899f](/us/usc/t42/s12899f)**]** For purposes of this subtitle: ####
(1)Adjusted income The term “**adjusted income**” has the meaning given the term in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. ####
(2)Applicant The term “**applicant**” means a public or private nonprofit agency, including— #####
(A)a community-based organization; #####
(B)an administrative entity designated under section 103(b)(1)(B) of the Job Training Partnership Act; #####
(C)a community action agency; #####
(D)a State and local housing development agency; #####
(E)a community development corporation; #####
(F)a State and local youth service and conservation corps; #####
(G)an Indian tribe, tribally designated housing entity (as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103)), or other agency primarily serving Indians; and #####
(H)any other entity eligible to provide education and employment training under other Federal employment training programs. ####
(3)Community-based organization The term “**community-based organization**” means a private nonprofit organization that— #####
(A)maintains, through significant representation on the organization's governing board or otherwise, accountability to low-income community residents and, to the extent practicable, low-income beneficiaries of programs receiving assistance under this subtitle; and #####
(B)has a history of serving the local community or communities where a program receiving assistance under this subtitle is located. ####
(4)Homeless individual The term “**homeless individual**” has the meaning given the term in section 103 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act 54. 54Public Law 106-400, enacted on October 30, 2000, renamed the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act as the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. Section 2 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 note) provides that “**[a]ny reference in any law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘**McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act**’**”. ####
(5)Housing development agency The term “**housing development agency**” means any agency of a State or local government, or any private nonprofit organization that is engaged in providing housing for homeless or low-income families. ####
(6)Income The term “**income**” has the meaning given the term in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. ####
(7)Indian tribe The term “**Indian tribe**” has the same meaning given such term in section 102(a)(17) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(17)). ####
(8)Individual who has dropped out of high school The term “**individual who has dropped out of high school**” means an individual who is neither attending any school nor subject to a compulsory attendance law and who has not received a secondary school diploma or a certificate of equivalency for such diploma. ####
(9)Institution of higher education The term “**institution of higher education**” has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965. ####
(10)Limited-english proficiency The term “**limited-English proficiency**” has the meaning given the term in section 7004(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. ####
(11)Low-income family The term “**low-income family**” has the meaning given the term in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. ####
(12)Offender The term “**offender**” means any adult or juvenile with a record of arrest or conviction for a criminal offense. ####
(13)Qualified nonprofit agency The term “**qualified public or private nonprofit agency**” means any nonprofit agency that has significant prior experience in the operation of projects similar to the Youthbuild program authorized under this subtitle and that has the capacity to provide effective technical assistance. ####
(14)Related facilities The term “**related facilities**” includes cafeterias or dining halls, community rooms or buildings, appropriate recreation facilities, and other essential service facilities. ####
(15)Secretary The term “**Secretary**” means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. ####
(16)State The term “**State**” means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, or any other territory or possession of the United States. ####
(17)Transitional housing The term “**transitional housing**” means a project that has as its purpose facilitating the movement of homeless individuals and families to independent living within a reasonable amount of time. Transitional housing includes housing primarily designed to serve deinstitutionalized homeless individuals and other homeless individuals with mental or physical disabilities and homeless families with children. ####
(18)Very low-income family The term “**very low-income family**” has the meaning given the term in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. ####
(19)Youthbuild program The term “**Youthbuild program**” means any program that receives assistance under this subtitle and provides disadvantaged youth with opportunities for employment, education, leadership development, and training in the construction or rehabilitation of housing for homeless individuals and members of low- and very low-income families.
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