Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 414 - DEPARTMENT OF EARLY LEARNING AND CARE
Division 600 - RELIEF NURSERIES
Section 414-600-0015 - Definitions

(1) "Culturally Responsive" means the use of the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference, and performance styles of diverse children and families to make services and programs more appropriate and effective for them.

(2) "Early Learning Council" means the Council established to oversee a unified system of early learning services and the Early Learning System.

(3) "Department of Early Learning and Care" or "Department" means the Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care that administers programs and funding, collects, and analyzes data, and monitors program and contractor performance and accountability for the Early Learning System.

(4) "Early Learning System" means the system created by ORS 417.727 and described in ORS 417.728

(5) "OARN" means the Oregon Association of Relief Nurseries.

(6) "Regional Early Learning Hub" or "Hub" means an entity designated under ORS 417.827 and contracted by the Department to coordinate early learning services in a specific region within the state.

(7) "Relief Nursery" means a non-governmental, community-based organization that is tax exempt under IRC section 501(c)(3) that OARN has determined to be eligible to receive state funding in accordance with OAR 414-600-0005 to 414-600-0120.

(8) "Therapeutic Early Childhood Program" means a program that includes home visiting, therapeutic classrooms, parent education, support and outreach that provide trauma informed services and interactions to promote the healthy development of children and works to strengthen families who have multiple risk factors and stresses linked to neglect and abuse.

(9) "Trauma Informed Services" means services that are reflective of the consideration and evaluation of the role that trauma plays in the lives of people, including recognition of the traumatic effect of misdiagnosis and coercive treatment, are responsive to the vulnerabilities of trauma survivors, avoids re-traumatization and facilitates direction of services.