Two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or decree of court, who are living in a single residence and are included in one of the following categories/definitions to determine the size of the family unit for eligibility determination purposes:

• A married couple and dependent children;
• A parent or guardian and dependent children; or
• A married couple.

Categories of family include:Immediate Family: As used in the determination of conflict of interest and nepotism, the following members of an individual's family: wife, husband, son, daughter, mother, father, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, step-parent, step-child, grandparent or grandchild.Living in a Single Residence: Residing in the same household, including any family members residing elsewhere because he or she is:

• Attending school or college
• Visiting relatives or friends
• A spouse or parent working in another location
• Temporarily hospitalized or institutionalized due to injury or illness
• On vacation

This does not include family members who are:

• Incarcerated
• Placed in another residence or institution as a result of a court action
• Permanently separated spouses

Dependent Child: Any unmarried child, step-child, or adopted child who is:

• Less than 18 years of age
• A student less than 24 years of age, and claimed as a dependent on his or her parent's, step-parent's, or legal guardian's state or federal tax return
• An individual less than 24 years of age, who has submitted an application to go to school, and is claimed as a dependent on his or her parent's, step parent's or legal guardian's state or federal tax return
• An individual with a disability constituting a substantial barrier to employment and who is claimed as a dependent on his or her parent's, step parents or legal guardian's state or federal tax return
  • See also “Family-of-one” as defined below, as an individual who has a verified, documented disability meets the qualifications as a family-of one.

Family-of-one: Any individual who meets the criteria of any one of the following categories:

• An individual who has a verified, documented disability
• A single, widowed, permanently separated, or divorced person, without one or more dependent children living in a single residence with that individual, and who is not a dependent child
• A foster child on behalf of whom state or local government payments are made
• A runaway youth who is separated from the family
• An emancipated youth who is separated from the family
• A court-adjudicated youth who is separated from the family

Descriptive categories for federal reporting purposes used to describe the family situation at the time of application:

• Parent in One-Parent Family: An individual who has sole custodial support for one or more dependent children.
• Parent in Two-Parent Family: An individual who, with another family member, shares custodial support for one or more dependent children.
• Other Family Member: An individual who is living with his or her family of two or more persons and not indicated above
• Not a Family Member: An individual who is not living with his/her family.

All cash receipts (before taxes) actually received from all sources by all members of the family during the six months immediately prior to application, multiplied by two. For purposes of determining family income, see Chapter 8 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Title IB Programs, Appendix E: Family Income Inclusions and Exclusions.

Any place which produces agricultural products with a gross annual sales of $1,000 or more.

The cultivation and tillage of the soil, dairying, the production, cultivation, growing, and harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural commodities. This includes the raising of livestock, bees, fur-bearing animals, or poultry, the farming of fish, and any practices (including any forestry or lumbering operations) performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with such farming operations, including preparation for market, delivery to storage or to market or to carriers for transportation to market. It also includes the handling, planting, drying, packing, packaging, processing, freezing, or grading prior to delivery for storage of any agricultural or horticultural commodity in its unmanufactured state. For the purposes of this definition, agricultural commodities means all commodities produced on a farm including crude gum (oleoresin) from a living tree products processed by the original producer of the crude gum (oleoresin) from which they are derived, including gum spirits of turpentine and gum rosin.

A farm labor contractor is responsible for assuring that every employee who is performing farm labor contracting activities on behalf of such contractor has obtained either a Farm Labor Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration or a Certificate of Registration as an independent farm labor contractor prior to such employee engagement in any activity. A farm labor contractor who utilizes the services of another farm labor contractor who is not his employee must also comply with the provisions of 29 CFR § 500.71. The farm labor contractor is responsible for any violations committed by his employee, whether or not the employee has registered as required.

This certificate of registration is valid only during the period in which the holder is an employee of the registered farm labor contractor named on the Farm Labor Contractor Employee Certificate.

The process of determining eligibility to access WIOA funding for training or support services to include all training and related expenses and all available resources, excluding loans. The financial needs determination should focus on the needs of the individual with the goal of ensuring that the costs of the training program are met and the necessary support services are available so the training can be completed successfully.

An organization which acts on behalf of another entity performing various financial duties.

A person meeting the age criteria below who is in receipt of substitute care furnished on a 24 hour a day basis, in a licensed foster care facility or approved shelter care facility, by a person or agency other than the child's parent, step-parent, or legal guardian, but does not include care provided in a family home through an informal arrangement for a period of less than thirty days. A foster child must be:

• Less than 18 years of age; or
• 18, 19 or 20 years of age and meet any of the following conditions:
  • Is in full-time attendance at an approved school pursuing a course of study leading to a high school diploma;
  • Is attending an instructional program leading to a high school equivalency diploma; and
  • Has been identified by the director of special education of the area education agency as a child requiring special education.

Parental nurturing, including but not limited to the furnishing of food, lodging, training, education, supervision, treatment or other care, to a child on a full-time basis by a person other than a relative or guardian of the child, but does not include:

• Care furnished by an individual person who receives the child of a personal friend as an occasional and personal guest in the individual person's home, free of charge and not as a business.
• Care furnished by an individual person with whom a child has been placed for lawful adoption, unless that adoption is not completed within two years after placement.
• Care furnished by a private boarding school.
• Child care furnished by a child care center, a child development home, or a child care home.
• Care furnished in a hospital or care furnished in a nursing facility.