New Jersey § 9:24-4

§ 9:24-4.

As used in this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following

terms shall have the following meanings: (a) The term “ act ” shall mean this act, any amendments or supplements thereto, and any rules or regulations

promulgated thereunder. (b) The term “ commissioner ” shall mean the Commissioner of Community Affairs. (c) The term “ community service project ” shall mean any public or private, nonprofit agency, organization, corporation or

association, including, without limitation, a municipal corporation, a major part

of the activities of which are devoted to the advancement of the public health, education

and welfare. (d) The term “ community work program sponsor ” shall mean any county, municipality, school district, community action agency organized

and operating pursuant to Subchapter II of Public Law 88-452 (the “Economic Opportunity Act of 1964”) 1 or public or private nonprofit agency, organization, corporation or association. (e) The term “ disadvantaged youth ” shall mean those persons between 14 and 21 years of age from lower income families. Preference will be given to youths who are regularly enrolled in a full-time course

of public instruction. Lower-income families are those families with annual incomes that do not exceed

1.75 times the poverty-level income standard defined by the United States Department

of Labor as adjusted for family size. 1

§ 2781 et seq. of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.