a. a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations (including welfare hotels, congregate shelters, and transitional housing for the mentally ill); or

b. an institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or

c. a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.

IN-SCHOOL YOUTH – YOUTH – A Youth attending any school, including alternative school, when the education leads to a High School Diploma.

##### INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY -

- (A) IN GENERAL - The term "individual with a disability" means an individual with any disability (as defined in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102)).
- (B) INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES - The term "individuals with disabilities" means more than one individual with a disability.

INDIVIDUAL SERVICE STRATEGY (ISS) SERVICE STRATEGY (ISS) – The term “Individual Service Strategy” means an individual plan for a participant which shall include an employment goal (including, for women, consideration of non-traditional employment), appropriate achievement objectives, and the appropriate combination of services for the participant based on the objective assessment.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES – The term “Leadership Development Opportunities” means the following activities:

- § Exposure to post-secondary educational opportunities;
- § Community and service learning projects;
- § Peer-centered activities, including peer mentoring and tutoring;
- § Organizational and team work training, including team leadership training;
- § Training in decision-making, including determining priorities;
- § Citizenship training, including life skills training such as parenting, work behavior training, and budgeting of resources;
- § Employability; and positive social behaviors [WIA sec. 129(c)(2)(F).]

LEARNING RICH RICH – The term “Learning Rich” means training in which a variety of important basic skills are learned in the context of the functional task required to accomplish the work. Learning may occur in a work or training setting. Training is characterized by high expectations, real challenges, real work, and the real world. The learner is continually involved in problem solving, communication, and critical thinking.

LOWER LIVING STANDARD INCOME LEVEL LIVING STANDARD INCOME LEVEL - The term "lower living standard income level" means that income level (adjusted for regional, metropolitan, urban, and rural differences and family size) determined annually by the Secretary based on the most recent lower living family budget issued by the Secretary.

##### LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUAL

- The term "low-income individual" means an individual who

- (A) receives, or is a member of a family that receives, cash payments under a Federal, State, or local income- based public assistance program;
- (B) received an income, or is a member of a family that received a total family income, for the 6-month period prior to application for the program involved (exclusive of unemployment compensation, child support payments, payments described in subparagraph (A), and old-age and survivors insurance benefits received under section 202 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402)) that, in relation to family size, does not exceed the higher of
- (i) the poverty line, for an equivalent period; or
- (ii) 70 percent of the lower living standard income level, for an equivalent period;