New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 9 - HUMAN RIGHTS › Chapter 2 - AGE › Part 13 - EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS FOR OLDER WORKERS › Section 9.2.13.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this section,
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
A. "Aging network" means
				programs and services for older adults throughout New Mexico that receive
				federal or state funds under contract with the department or area agencies on
				aging. The aging network includes, but is not limited to, programs sponsored by
				tribal governments, local governments and private, non-profit
				organizations.
B. "Applicant" means
				a member of the public who completes an application to become a participant in
				one of the programs created in this part.
C. "Community service" means social, health,
				welfare and educational services; legal and other counseling services and
				assistance; library, recreational services, conservation, maintenance or
				restoration of natural resources, community betterment or beautification,
				pollution control or environmental quality efforts, economic development or
				other types of service, which the department approves, excluding building and
				construction, except that which is normally performed by the department, or
				work which primarily benefits private profit-making organizations.
D. "Department" means the New Mexico aging
				and long-term services department (ALTSD).
E. "Equitable distribution plan" means the
				process of allocating positions based on age and income census data as required
				pursuant to 20 CFR Sections
				641.140,
				641.360,
				641.365 and
				641.879 (Older Americans Act
				regulations as amended).
F. "Golden
				opportunities for life-long development (GOLD) mentor program" means a program
				administered by the department to provide civic engagement through community
				service and training opportunities for participants.
G. "Gold mentors" are participants in the
				gold mentor program; they provide life skills and employment assistance to
				clients working to overcome barriers.
H. "Host agency" is an agency or organization
				selected by the department where an eligible employment program participant is
				placed in a subsidized position for work experience and training.
I. "New Mexico senior employment program"
				means the state funded employment and training program designed to provide
				community service employment opportunities for older adults that enable them to
				remain actively engaged in their communities.
J. "Older Americans Act of 1965" (Older
				Americans Act) means Sections 501 through 518, title V, "The Older American
				Community Service Employment Act",  Pub. L. 89-73, as amended by
				Pub. L.
				109-363, enacted Oct. 16, 2006, (codified as
				amended at 42 U.S.C. Section
				3056 ), and implementing regulations, 20 CFR
				Part 641 (as amended).
K.
				"Participants" are applicants who:
(1) have
				been deemed eligible for training under the programs set forth in this part and
				have been placed in subsidized on-the-job training; or
(2) have been hired and placed in community
				service and training opportunities.