[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR491.5]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 491--ADULT EDUCATION FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 491.5  What definitions apply?

    (a) Definitions in the Act. The following terms used in this part 
are defined in sections 103 and 702(d), respectively, of the Steward B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Pub. L. 100-77, 42 U.S.C. 11301 et 
seq.):
    Homeless or homeless individual.
    State.
    (b) Definitions in EDGAR. The following terms used in this part are 
defined in 34 CFR 77.1:

Applicant
Application
Award
Contract
EDGAR
Grant
Grantee
Local educational
  agency
Nonprofit
Private
Project
Public
Secretary
State educational
  agency

    (c) Other definitions. The following definitions also apply to this 
part:
    Act means the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Pub. L. 
100-77, 42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.).
    Adult means an individual who has attained 16 years of age or who is 
beyond the age of compulsory school attendance under the applicable 
State law.
    Basic skills remediation and literacy training mean adult education 
for homeless adults whose inability to speak, read, or write the English 
language constitutes a substantial impairment of their ability to get or 
retain employment commensurate with their real ability, that is designed 
to help eliminate this inability and raise the level of education of 
those individuals with a view to making them less likely to become 
dependent on others, to improving their ability to benefit from 
occupational training and otherwise increasing their opportunities for 
more productive and profitable employment, and to making them better 
able to meet their adult responsibilities.
    Eligible recipients means public or private agencies, institutions, 
or organizations, including religious or charitable organizations, 
eligible to apply for a contract from a State educational agency to 
operate projects, services, or activities.
    Outreach means activities designed to--
    (1) Identify and inform adult homeless individuals of the 
availability and benefits of the Adult Education for the Homeless 
Program; and
    (2) Assist those homeless adults, by providing active recruitment 
and reasonable and convenient access, to participate in the program.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 11421)

Subpart B [Reserved]