1. (1) “Application Assistant Agreement” is the agreement signed by the Department and an Application Assistant, which specifies the responsibilities of the Application Assistant and the Department.
2. (2) “Administrative Coordinator” is the person designated by the Department to provide programmatic coordination to the Program.
3. (3) “Applicant” is an individual who completes and submits an application to participate in the ACP.
4. (4) “Application Assistant” is an individual designated by the Department to assist applicants with the completion and submission of an application to the ACP, as further defined in ORS 192.820(3).
5. (5) “Civil Rights Unit” or CRU includes the team of advocates and staff at the Oregon Department of Justice in the Crime Victim and Survivor Services Division who staff the Bias Response Hotline and/or Sanctuary Promise Hotline.
6. (6) “Co-applicant” is the spouse, domestic partner, adult child of the participant, or other adult who resides in the household with the participant and submits an application to participate in the ACP.
7. (7) “Department” is the Oregon Department of Justice.
8. (8) “Health Care Provider” means an individual who is authorized in this state to provide physical and behavioral health care services and who provides reproductive and gender-affirming health care services, as defined in ORS 192.820(4).
9. (9) “Mailing Address” is an address to which a program participant requests mail to be sent by the ACP. A mailing address may be a post office box if the participant’s actual address is a street address in Oregon.
10. (10) “Other forms of evidence” as described in ORS 192.826(3)(b)(D) include any written or oral evidence from which an Application Assistant can reasonably conclude that the applicant is a victim of domestic violence, stalking, human trafficking, a sexual offense, or a bias incident or bias crime within the meaning of ORS 192.820(8)-(13).
11. (11) “Program” is the ACP established in ORS 192.820-192.868.
12. (12) “Program Participant” is an individual who has submitted an application that has been approved by the Department.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 192.860, 2005 OL Ch 821 & 2005 SB 850

Statutes/Other Implemented

2005 OL Ch 821, 2005 SB 850 & ORS 192.820-192.868

History

DOJ 5-2025, amend filed 10/16/2025, effective 10/16/2025
DOJ 8-2022, amend filed 06/13/2022, effective 06/13/2022
DOJ 4-2007, f. 4-12-07, cert. ef. 4-16-07