Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 414 - DEPARTMENT OF EARLY LEARNING AND CARE
Division 150 - CHILD CARE PROGRAM FOR TARGETED POPULATIONS UNDER THE CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
Section 414-150-0055 - Definitions

(1) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Child Care and Development Fund for the Department.

(2) "Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program" means a program that provides services to the eligible child whose parent(s) is in a program for the treatment of alcohol or drug/substance abuse.

(3) "CCDF" means federal Child Care and Development Fund which is the federal funding awarded to the Department under the Child Care and Development Block Grant.

(4) "CCDF Grant Plan" means the Oregon Plan approved by the Department for child care and related programs funded by the Child Care Development Block Grant.

(5) "CCR&R" means Child Care Resource and Referral Agency.

(6) "Department" means the Department of Early Learning and Care (DELC) which is the lead agency for the Child Care and Development Fund and administers funding and contracts under the federal Child Care and Development Fund.

(7) "Early Learning Hub" means the local coordinating body for early learning services contracted by the Department.

(8) "Employment Related Day Care" means the program administered by the Department that provides child care services to low-income working families.

(9) "Child Care Licensing Division" means a division of the Department that regulates child care facilities and provides contract administration services to low-income working families.

(10) "Parent" means parent, custodian or guardian who exercises care and custody of a child.

(11) "Program" means community or school-based teen parent education program, or licensed women-specific alcohol and drug treatment program.

(12) "Provider" means a person or program responsible for direct child care, supervision of children, and guidance of children in approved child care setting.

(13) "Special Needs Child" means a child under the age of 18 who requires a level of care over and above the norm for his/her age due to a physical, developmental, behavioral, mental or medical disability.

(14) "Special Populations" means families considered:

(15) "TANF JOBS program recipient" means a family receiving services through the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program administered by the Department of Human Services and is receiving child care services under the Jobs Opportunity and Basic Skills (JOBS) program.

(16) "Teen Parent" means a parenting or pregnant adolescent age 21 and under who is attending high school or participating in an approved high school completion program.