The following definitions shall apply in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Administrative entity" means the organizations or agencies designated by the Private Industry Council (PIC) to operate the programs for the Service Delivery Area (SDA) grant recipient.
2. "DES or the Department" means the Arizona Department of Economic Security.
3. "Direct subrecipient" means a subrecipient which contracts directly with DES to receive JTPA funds.
4. "Economically disadvantaged" means an individual as described in Section 4(8) of JTPA.
5. "Grant recipient" means the organization or agency designated by the Private Industry Council (PIC) and local elected officials to contract and receive funds for the Service Delivery Area (SDA) under Title II of JTPA.
6. "Interested party" means an individual who participates in or applies for participation in a program administered under JTPA or a person or organization which is directly or adversely affected by the action or inaction of DES with regard to JTPA.
7. "JTPA" means the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, P.L. 97-300, as amended.
8. "Needs-based payment" means cash payments based on need providing direct benefits to individual participants to enable them to participate in a training program under JTPA.
9. "Private Industry Council (PIC)" means the group of individuals from the public and private sectors certified by the Governor to plan and oversee the Title II programs under JTPA.
10. "Service Delivery Area (SDA)" means the geographical area designated by the Governor in which a comprehensive program pursuant to JTPA will be planned by a certified PIC.
11. "Stop-gap employment" means work which an applicant does only because he has lost the customary work for which his training, experience or work history qualifies him. Employment would be considered "stop-gap" if the salary is substantially below the salary of the applicant's primary occupation and if he is working substantially under the skill level of his customary occupation. Regardless of the number of hours devoted to the stop-gap work activity, it is considered odd-job work outside the customary occupation for which he is qualified.
12. "Subrecipient" means any person, organization or other entity which receives JTPA funds either directly or indirectly from DES. Depending on local circumstances, the PIC, local elected official, or administrative entity may be a subrecipient.
Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-11-102