The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Commission--The Texas Workforce Commission or an employee or employees designated by the Director to administer the Self-Sufficiency Fund.
2. (2) Community-based organization (CBO)--A private nonprofit organization which provides for education, vocational education, rehabilitation, job training, or internship services and programs and includes development corporations, union-related organizations, faith-based organizations and employer-related organizations. The CBO must be certified as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization under the IRS Code of 1986. A CBO providing services which are regulated by the state must provide evidence of required certification, license or registration.
3. (3) Customized job training project--A project designed by a prospective private partner or trade union in partnership with a public community or technical college, extension service, or community-based organization for the purpose of providing specialized workforce training to prospective employees of the prospective private partner or members of the trade union with the intent of expanding the workforce.
4. (4) Director--The Executive Director of the Texas Workforce Commission or the Executive Director's designee.
5. (5) Extension service--A higher education agency and service established by the Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System.
6. (6) Grant recipient--A public community or technical college, community-based organization, or the extension service awarded a grant from the Self-Sufficiency Fund.
7. (7) Local Workforce Development Board (Board)--A Local Workforce Development Board as created under the Workforce and Competitiveness Act and certified by the Governor as provided for in Texas Government Code, §2308.261. In a Local Workforce Development Area for which a Board has not been certified, the Commission or an entity operating a career center in that area may assume the responsibilities of a Board under this chapter.
8. (8) Prospective private partner--A person, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, consortium, or private organization which submits a joint proposal for a customized job training project in partnership with a public community or technical college, a community-based organization, or extension service.
9. (9) Public community college--A state funded two-year educational institution primarily serving its local taxing district and service area in Texas and offering vocational, technical and academic courses for certification or associate degrees.
10. (10) Public technical college--A state funded coeducational institution of higher education offering courses of study in vocational and technical education, for certification or associate degrees.
11. (11) Self-Sufficiency--Employment with wages reasonably calculated to make the employee independent of financial assistance under Texas Human Resources Code, Chapters 31 and 33.
12. (12) TANF recipient--A person who receives financial assistance under Texas Human Resources Code, Chapter 31.
13. (13) Trade union--An organization, agency or employee committee, in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment or conditions of work.
14. (14) Training provider--A public community or technical college, community-based organization, or extention service which provides training.

Source Note:The provisions of this §835.2 adopted to be effective December 11, 1997, 22 TexReg 12078.