Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 813 - OREGON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT › Division 47 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROGRAM › Section 813-047-0005 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
All words and terms used in OAR chapter 813, division 047 are
				defined in the Act, in 813-005-0005  and below. As used in OAR chapter 813,
				division 047, unless the context indicates otherwise:
(1) "Capacity Building Grant" means a grant
			 that is used to increase or broaden a Community Development Corporation's Local
			 Capacity to meet the housing needs of the service area.
(2) "Community-Based Organization" or "CBO"
			 means a nonprofit corporation organized under ORS Chapter 65, a housing
			 authority established under ORS
			 456.055 to
			 456.235, a Community Action
			 Agency, a Community Development Corporation, or other nonprofit or governmental
			 entity representing or seeking to serve the housing, human services or
			 Community Economic Revitalization needs of a clearly-defined population and
			 area.
(3) "Community-Based Social
			 Services" means comprehensive client-centered services delivered within a
			 Targeted Area that promotes Community Economic Revitalization. The purpose of
			 these services is to assist individuals and families to become more functional
			 and self-reliant.
(4) "Community
			 Development Corporation" or "CDC" means a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation
			 organized (under ORS Chapter 65 which has its purpose, as stated in its
			 articles of incorporation, to serve the needs of low and moderate income people
			 for community development and self-help; is governed by a board of directors
			 that has no fewer than five members, 51 percent of which are from the CDC's
			 Service Area; and which has a clearly defined geographic Service
			 Area.
(5) "Community Economic
			 Revitalization" means community-oriented strategy that targets resources in
			 order to address problems in a Targeted Area, that is controlled by residents
			 of the Targeted Area, and that uses tangible development activities to increase
			 the amount of investments made and retained in the Targeted Area.
(6) " Service Area" means the specific area
			 or region which the nonprofit Community-Based Organization or Community
			 Development Corporation has identified or targeted to receive development
			 activity.
(7) "Human Investment
			 Strategies Grant" means a grant that is used to increase or broaden a Community
			 Development Corporation's Local Capacity to deliver Community-Based Social
			 Services through the training or employment of residents of a Targeted
			 Area.
(8) "Initial Planning Grant"
			 means a grant that is used to incorporate and establish a Community Development
			 Corporation.
(9) "In-Kind
			 Contribution" means a contribution to a project other than cash, including, but
			 not limited to, office equipment, working space, office supplies, staff time,
			 telephone and automobile use, donated project materials or labor, and non-board
			 volunteer time.
(10) "Local
			 Capacity" means the ability or competency of organizations in an identified
			 geographic area to address housing, human services, or Community Economic
			 Revitalization issues or problems.
(11) "Low Income" means an adjusted annual
			 household income, as defined in
24 CFR, Part 91.5
, which exceeds
			 50 percent but does not exceed 80 percent of the median household income for
			 the area, as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
			 Development, with allowances for family size.
(12) "Moderate Income" means an adjusted
			 annual household income, as defined in
24 CFR, Part 91.5
, which is
			 between 81 and 95 percent of the median household income for the area, as
			 determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, with
			 allowances for family size.
(13)
			 "Program" means the Community Development Corporation Program.
(14) "Targeted Area" means a defined county
			 or multi-county area, a town or city, or neighborhoods that receives public
			 program services.
(15) "Very Low
			 Income" means an adjusted annual household income, as defined in
24 CFR,
			 Part 91.5
, which does not exceed 50 percent of the median household
			 income for the area, as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
			 Development, with allowances for family size.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  458.210 - ORS
				  458.240
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  458.210 - ORS
				  458.240