2006 New York Code - Definitions.

 
    * §  21-501  Definitions.  Whenever used in this chapter the following
  words shall have the following meanings:
    a. "Affiliated organization" shall mean a local government  agency  or
  community-based  organization  that  is  affiliated  with  a  sponsoring
  organization and employs certified individuals.
    b. "Case management" shall mean  the  provision  and  coordination  of
  services  to  participants  to  ensure their success in the transitional
  jobs program, and enhance their chances of securing permanent employment
  after their participation in such program. Such services shall  include,
  but  shall  not  be limited to, providing education and training, career
  counseling, and childcare. Such services shall  also  include  assisting
  participants  in  obtaining  all  federal,  state  and  local government
  benefits that they are otherwise entitled to, including, but not limited
  to, child care expenses, training-related  expenses,  food  stamps,  and
  medicaid or transitional medicaid.
    c.  "Certified  individual"  shall mean an individual certified by the
  commissioner to participate in the transitional jobs program.
    d. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner  of  the  department  of
  employment or the commissioner or head of any other department or agency
  that the mayor designates to administer the transitional jobs program.
    e. "Community-based organization" shall mean a non-profit organization
  providing  services  to,  or  operating for the benefit of, a particular
  community. Community-based organizations may also include a trade  union
  that offers apprenticeship or pre-apprenticeship programs.
    f.  "Department" shall mean the department of employment, or any other
  department or  agency  that  the  mayor  designates  to  administer  the
  transitional jobs program.
    g.  "Participant" shall mean an individual employed by a sponsoring or
  affiliated organization  in  the  transitional  jobs  program  following
  eligibility determination and certification by the commissioner.
    h.  "Sponsoring  organization" shall mean a local government agency or
  community-based organization selected by the commissioner to  employ  or
  facilitate  the employment of certified individuals, and to provide case
  management  to  participants,  provided,  however,  that  nothing  shall
  preclude  a  sponsoring  organization  from  being  a public, non-profit
  corporation created pursuant to applicable New York state law.
    i. "Transitional jobs program" shall mean a program designed to create
  temporary  employment  in  the  public  sector  and  in  community-based
  organizations,  and  to  provide  the  participants of such program with
  education and training, career  counseling,  and  related  services,  to
  enhance  their  ability  to  secure  permanent  employment  after  their
  participation in such program.
    * NB The validity of local law 14 of 2000 is currently  a  subject  of
  disagreement  between the Mayor and the City Council. This certification
  is not intended as a legal opinion as to the validity of the local  law,
  other than certifying the truth of the facts presented herein.
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