- Administrator
means the Administrator of the Administration for Community Living of the Department of Health and Human Services.
- alternative means of dispute resolution
means any procedure, including good faith negotiation, conciliation, facilitation, mediation, factfinding, and arbitration, and any combination of procedures, that is used in lieu of litigation in a court or formal adjudication in an administrative forum, to resolve a dispute arising under this section.
- American Indian consortium
means a consortium established as described in section 142 1 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 6042).
- center for independent living
means a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, nonresidential private nonprofit agency for individuals with significant disabilities (regardless of age or income) that—
- consumer control
means, with respect to a center for independent living, that the center vests power and authority in individuals with disabilities, in terms of the management, staffing, decisionmaking, operation, and provisions of services, of the center.
- Consumer Price Index
means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- covered school
means an elementary school or secondary school (as such terms are defined in section 7801 of title 20) or an institution of higher education.
- direct services
means vocational rehabilitation services, as described in section 723(a) of this title.
- eligible agency
means a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, nonresidential private nonprofit agency.
- eligible client
means an individual with a disability, as defined in section 705(20)(A) of this title, who is not currently receiving services under an individualized plan for employment established through a designated State unit.
- eligible system
means a protection and advocacy system that is established under subtitle C of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 [42 U.S.C. 15041 et seq.] and that meets the requirements of subsection (f).
- Federal minimum wage
means the rate applicable under section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)).
- full term
means a term of 3 years.
- older individual who is blind
means an individual age 55 or older whose significant visual impairment makes competitive employment extremely difficult to attain but for whom independent living goals are feasible.
- program or activity
means all of the operations of— any part of which is extended Federal financial assistance.
- protection and advocacy system
means a protection and advocacy system established under subtitle C of title I of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15041 et seq.).
- reservation
includes Indian reservations, public domain Indian allotments, former Indian reservations in Oklahoma, and land held by incorporated Native groups, regional corporations, and village corporations under the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.].