Appendix C to Part 102-37 - Glossary of Terms for Determining Eligibility of Public Agencies and Nonprofit Organizations
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Appendix C to Part 102-37 - Glossary of Terms for Determining
Eligibility of Public Agencies and Nonprofit Organizations
The following is a glossary of terms for determining eligibility
of public agencies and nonprofit organizations:
Accreditation means the status of public recognition that
an accrediting agency grants to an institution or program that
meets the agency's standards and requirements.
Accredited means approval by a recognized accrediting
board or association on a regional, State, or national level, such
as a State board of education or health; the American Hospital
Association; a regional or national accrediting association for
universities, colleges, or secondary schools; or another recognized
accrediting association.
Approved means recognition and approval by the State
department of education, State department of health, or other
appropriate authority where no recognized accrediting board,
association, or other authority exists for the purpose of making an
accreditation. For an educational institution or an educational
program, approval must relate to academic or instructional
standards established by the appropriate authority. For a public
health institution or program, approval must relate to the medical
requirements and standards for the professional and technical
services of the institution established by the appropriate
authority.
Child care center means a public or nonprofit facility
where educational, social, health, and nutritional services are
provided to children through age 14 (or as prescribed by State law)
and that is approved or licensed by the State or other appropriate
authority as a child day care center or child care center.
Clinic means an approved public or nonprofit facility
organized and operated for the primary purpose of providing
outpatient public health services and includes customary related
services such as laboratories and treatment rooms.
College means an approved or accredited public or
nonprofit institution of higher learning offering organized study
courses and credits leading to a baccalaureate or higher
degree.
Conservation means a program or programs carried out or
promoted by a public agency for public purposes involving directly
or indirectly the protection, maintenance, development, and
restoration of the natural resources of a given political area.
These resources include but are not limited to the air, land,
forests, water, rivers, streams, lakes and ponds, minerals, and
animals, fish and other wildlife.
Drug abuse or alcohol treatment center means a clinic or
medical institution that provides for the diagnosis, treatment, or
rehabilitation of alcoholics or drug addicts. These centers must
have on their staffs, or available on a regular visiting basis,
qualified professionals in the fields of medicine, psychology,
psychiatry, or rehabilitation.
Economic development means a program(s) carried out or
promoted by a public agency for public purposes to improve the
opportunities of a given political area for the establishment or
expansion of industrial, commercial, or agricultural plants or
facilities and which otherwise assist in the creation of long-term
employment opportunities in the area or primarily benefit the
unemployed or those with low incomes.
Education means a program(s) to develop and promote the
training, general knowledge, or academic, technical, and vocational
skills and cultural attainments of individuals in a community or
given political area. Public educational programs may include
public school systems and supporting facilities such as centralized
administrative or service facilities.
Educational institution means an approved, accredited, or
licensed public or nonprofit institution, facility, entity, or
organization conducting educational programs or research for
educational purposes, such as a child care center, school, college,
university, school for the mentally or physically disabled, or an
educational radio or television station.
Educational radio or television station means a public or
nonprofit radio or television station licensed by the Federal
Communications Commission and operated exclusively for
noncommercial educational purposes.
Health center means an approved public or nonprofit
facility that provides public health services, including related
facilities such as diagnostic and laboratory facilities and
clinics.
Historic light station means a historic light station as
defined under section 308(e)(2) of the National Historic
Preservation Act 16 U.S.C. 470w-7(e)2), including a historic light
station conveyed under subsection (b) of that section,
notwithstanding the number of hours that the historic light station
is open to the public.
Homeless individual means:
(1) An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate
nighttime residence, or who has a primary nighttime residence that
is:
(i) 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);
(ii) An institution that provides a temporary residence for
individuals intended to be institutionalized; or
(iii) A public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily
used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
(2) For purposes of this part, the term homeless
individual does not include any individual imprisoned or
otherwise detained pursuant to an Act of the Congress or a State
law.
Hospital means an approved or accredited public or
nonprofit institution providing public health services primarily
for inpatient medical or surgical care of the sick and injured and
includes related facilities such as laboratories, outpatient
departments, training facilities, and staff offices.
Library means a public or nonprofit facility providing
library services free to all residents of a community, district,
State, or region.
Licensed means recognition and approval by the
appropriate State or local authority approving institutions or
programs in specialized areas. Licensing generally relates to
established minimum public standards of safety, sanitation,
staffing, and equipment as they relate to the construction,
maintenance, and operation of a health or educational facility,
rather than to the academic, instructional, or medical standards
for these institutions.
Medical institution means an approved, accredited, or
licensed public or nonprofit institution, facility, or organization
whose primary function is the furnishing of public health and
medical services to the public or promoting public health through
the conduct of research, experiments, training, or demonstrations
related to cause, prevention, and methods of diagnosis and
treatment of diseases and injuries. The term includes, but is not
limited to, hospitals, clinics, alcohol and drug abuse treatment
centers, public health or treatment centers, research and health
centers, geriatric centers, laboratories, medical schools, dental
schools, nursing schools, and similar institutions. The term does
not include institutions primarily engaged in domiciliary care,
although a separate medical facility within such a domiciliary
institution may qualify as a medical institution.
Museum means a public or nonprofit institution that is
organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational or
aesthetic purposes and which, using a professional staff, owns or
uses tangible objects, either animate or inanimate; cares for these
objects; and exhibits them to the public on a regular basis (at
least 1000 hours a year). As used in this part, the term
museum includes, but is not limited to, the following
institutions if they satisfy all other provisions of this
definition: Aquariums and zoological parks; botanical gardens and
arboretums; nature centers; museums relating to art, history
(including historic buildings), natural history, science, and
technology; and planetariums. For the purposes of this definition,
an institution uses a professional staff if it employs at least one
fulltime staff member or the equivalent, whether paid or unpaid,
primarily engaged in the acquisition, care, or public exhibition of
objects owned or used by the institution. This definition of
museum does not include any institution that exhibits
objects to the public if the display or use of the objects is only
incidental to the primary function of the institution.
Nationally recognized accrediting agency means an
accrediting agency that the Department of Education recognizes
under 34 CFR part 600. (For a list of accrediting agencies, see the
Department's web site at
http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred)
Nonprofit means not organized for profit and exempt from
Federal income tax under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code
(26 U.S.C. 501).
Parks and recreation means a program(s) carried out or
promoted by a public agency for public purposes that involve
directly or indirectly the acquisition, development, improvement,
maintenance, and protection of park and recreational facilities for
the residents of a given political area.
Program for older individuals means a program conducted
by a State or local government agency or nonprofit activity that
receives funds appropriated for services or programs for older
individuals under the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended,
under title IV or title XX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
601 et seq.), or under titles VIII and X of the Economic
Opportunity Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2991 et seq.) and the
Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et
seq.).
Provider of assistance to homeless individuals means a
public agency or a nonprofit institution or organization that
operates a program which provides assistance such as food, shelter,
or other services to homeless individuals.
Provider of assistance to impoverished families and
individuals means a public or nonprofit organization whose
primary function is to provide money, goods, or services to
families or individuals whose annual incomes are below the poverty
line (as defined in section 673 of the Community Services Block
Grant Act) (42 U.S.C. 9902). Providers include food banks,
self-help housing groups, and organizations providing services such
as the following: Health care; medical transportation; scholarships
and tuition assistance; tutoring and literacy instruction; job
training and placement; employment counseling; child care
assistance; meals or other nutritional support; clothing
distribution; home construction or repairs; utility or rental
assistance; and legal counsel.
Public agency means any State; political subdivision
thereof, including any unit of local government or economic
development district; any department, agency, or instrumentality
thereof, including instrumentalities created by compact or other
agreement between States or political subdivisions;
multijurisdictional substate districts established by or pursuant
to State law; or any Indian tribe, band, group, pueblo, or
community located on a State reservation.
Public health means a program(s) to promote, maintain,
and conserve the public's health by providing health services to
individuals and/or by conducting research, investigations,
examinations, training, and demonstrations. Public health services
may include but are not limited to the control of communicable
diseases, immunization, maternal and child health programs,
sanitary engineering, sewage treatment and disposal, sanitation
inspection and supervision, water purification and distribution,
air pollution control, garbage and trash disposal, and the control
and elimination of disease-carrying animals and insects.
Public health institution means an approved, accredited,
or licensed public or nonprofit institution, facility, or
organization conducting a public health program(s) such as a
hospital, clinic, health center, or medical institution, including
research for such programs, the services of which are available to
the public.
Public purpose means a program(s) carried out by a public
agency that is legally authorized in accordance with the laws of
the State or political subdivision thereof and for which public
funds may be expended. Public purposes include but are not limited
to programs such as conservation, economic development, education,
parks and recreation, public health, public safety, programs of
assistance to the homeless or impoverished, and programs for older
individuals.
Public safety means a program(s) carried out or promoted
by a public agency for public purposes involving, directly or
indirectly, the protection, safety, law enforcement activities, and
criminal justice system of a given political area. Public safety
programs may include, but are not limited to those carried out
by:
(1) Public police departments.
(2) Sheriffs' offices.
(3) The courts.
(4) Penal and correctional institutions (including juvenile
facilities).
(5) State and local civil defense organizations.
(6) Fire departments and rescue squads (including volunteer fire
departments and rescue squads supported in whole or in part with
public funds).
School (except schools for the mentally or physically
disabled) means a public or nonprofit approved or accredited
organizational entity devoted primarily to approved academic,
vocational, or professional study and instruction, that operates
primarily for educational purposes on a full-time basis for a
minimum school year and employs a full-time staff of qualified
instructors.
School for the mentally or physically disabled means a
facility or institution operated primarily to provide specialized
instruction to students of limited mental or physical capacity. It
must be public or nonprofit and must operate on a full-time basis
for the equivalent of a minimum school year prescribed for public
school instruction for the mentally or physically disabled, have a
staff of qualified instructors, and demonstrate that the facility
meets the health and safety standards of the State or local
government.
University means a public or nonprofit approved or
accredited institution for instruction and study in the higher
branches of learning and empowered to confer degrees in special
departments or colleges.
Veterans Organizations means organizations eligible to
receive Federal surplus property for purposes of providing services
to veterans under 40 U.S.C. 549(c)(3)(C). Eligible veterans
organizations are those whose (1) membership comprises
substantially veterans (as defined under 38 U.S.C. 101); and (2)
representatives are recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
under 38 U.S.C. 5902. The Department of Veterans Affairs maintains
a searchable Web site of recognized organizations. The address is
http://www.va.gov/ogc/apps/accreditation/index.asp.
[67 FR 2584, Jan. 18, 2002, as amended at 71 FR 23868, Apr. 25,
2006; 72 FR 12572, Mar. 16, 2007; 79 FR 64515, Oct. 30, 2014]