"Community-based organization" means a private nonprofit organization (which may include a faith-based organization) that is representative of a community or a significant segment of a community and that has demonstrated expertise and effectiveness in the field of workforce development.
"Competitive integrated employment" shall have the meaning given the term in Section 7 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 United States Code Section 705) , for individuals with disabilities.
"Demonstrated expertise and effectiveness" means that an individual has documented leadership in developing or implementing workforce development, human resources, training and development, or a core program function, which may include individuals with experience in education or the training of job seekers with barriers to employment, as defined in Section 3(24) of WIOA, including but not limited to serving veterans; providing or supporting competitive integrated employment for individuals with disabilities; or serving eligible youth.
"Eligible youth" means, except as provided in subtitles C and D of Title I of WIOA, in-school youth, as described in Section 129(a)(1)(B) of WIOA, or out-of-school youth, as described in Section 129(a)(1)(C) of WIOA.
"In-demand industry sector" means an industry sector that has a substantial current or potential impact (including through jobs that lead to economic self-sufficiency and opportunities for advancement) on the state economy and that contributes to the growth or stability of other supporting businesses, or the growth of other industry sectors.
"In-demand occupation" means an occupation that currently has or is projected to have a number of positions (including positions that lead to economic self-sufficiency and opportunities for advancement) in an industry sector so as to have a significant impact on the state.
"Optimum policymaking authority" means that an individual can reasonably be expected to speak affirmatively on behalf of the entity the individual represents and to commit that entity to a chosen course of action.
"Veteran" has the meaning given the term in 38 United States Code Section 101.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 877-1.1