As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Dislocated worker" includes but is not limited to an individual who:
a. Has been terminated or laid off, or who has received notice of termination or layoff, and is eligible for or has exhausted unemployment compensation benefits.
b. Is unlikely to return to the industry or occupation in which the individual was employed. Industry or occupation includes farming or the ownership and operation of a small business.
c. Has been terminated or received notice of termination as a result of the permanent closure or relocation of a plant, facility, or plant operation in which the individual was employed.
d. Is chronically unemployed, as determined by the division of job service of the department of employment services and:
(1) Has limited opportunities for employment in the geographic area in which the individual resides; or
(2) Is an older individual who may face substantial barriers to employment because of age.
2. "Displaced homemaker" means a person as defined in chapter 241.
3. "Economically disadvantaged" includes the following:
a. A person who receives or is a member of a family which receives cash welfare payments under a federal, state, or local welfare program.
b. A person who is receiving food stamps under the federal Food Stamp Act of 1977.
c. A person who has or is a member of a family which has for six months prior to application for the program, exclusive of unemployment compensation, child support payments, and welfare payments, a total family income in relation to family size less than the higher of the following:
(1) The federal poverty level established by the federal office of management and budget; or
(2) Seventy percent of the income level adjusted for regional, metropolitan, urban, and rural differences and family size as determined annually by the secretary of the federal department of labor and known as the "lower living standard income level" under the federal Act.
4. "Federal Act" means the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, Pub. L. No. 97-300.
5. "Service delivery area" means the geographic area designated by the office of the governor in accordance with section 101 of the federal Act to implement the federal Act within the state.
6. "State program" means the job training partnership program.
7. "Unemployed individual" means an individual who is without a job, who wants work, and who is available for work.
83 Acts, ch 207, § 78, 93
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