Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 813 - OREGON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Division 125 - CO-LOCATION OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING AND EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION (CARE)
Section 813-125-0010 - Definitions

Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 813-125-0010

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024

Terms used throughout OAR chapter 813, division 125 may be defined in Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) or in the OHCS General Definitions (OAR 813-005-0005). Terms used within this division observe those definitions except as defined below:

(1) "Affordable Housing" means housing that is affordable to households with incomes less than or equal to 80 percent of the area median income for the county in which the housing is built.

(2) "Co-Location" means facilitating the development, placement or enhancement of childcare facilities within affordable housing developments.

(3) "Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI)" means a federally insured and regulated depository institutions with a primary mission of community development. CDFI's are certified by the U.S. Department of Treasury and include requirements that at least 60 percent of their financing activities be targeted to one or more low- and moderate income (LMI) populations or underserved communities.

(4) "Department" means the Housing and Community Services Department for the State of Oregon.

(5) "Early Care & Education (ECE) Centers" means any of the following child care types as described by the Oregon Department of Education:

(a) Regulated Subsidy Provider

(b) Registered Family Child Care

(c) Certified Family Child Care

(d) Certified Child Care Center

(6) "Early Care & Education (ECE) Development" means new construction, development, rehabilitation, improvements, retrofitting, or remodeling (including approved tenant improvements) to allow for or enhance ECE opportunities.

(7) "Early Care & Education (ECE) Operators/Provider" means any of the following entities and their staff:

(a) A child care facility that is required to be certified under ORS 329A.280 or a provider that is required to be registered under ORS 329A.330;

(b) Any program receiving state public funding for early childhood care and education services:

(c) Providers of the Preschool Promise program described in ORS 329.172

(d) Providers of the Oregon prekindergarten program described in ORS 329.175

(e) Providers of the infant and toddler care program described in ORS 417.784; and

(f) Providers of the Relief Nursery program described in ORS.788

(g) Providers of the Preschool for All Multnomah County Program or any locally approved pre-education program.

(8) "Regulated Affordable Housing" means a residential unit subject to a regulatory agreement that runs with the land and that requires affordability for an established income level for a defined period of time.

(9) "Third Party Administrator" means a Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI).

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 456.555 & ORS 456.502

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 456.555 & ORS 456.502

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