Section 7-699. DEFINITIONS

 

699.1When used in this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed:

 

Act - the Youth Employment Act of 1979 (D.C. Law 3-46).

 

Dependent - any persons who is a resident of the District and for whom the participant provides support.

 

Director - the Director of the Department of Employment Services, or his or her designee, contracting officer, representative of contractual agents.

 

On-Job Training (OTJ) - training in the private sector or public sector given to a participant, who has been hired first by the employer, and which occurs while the participant-employee is engaged in productive work which provides knowledge or skills essential to the full and adequate performance of the job.

 

Participant Employee - a person who has met the eligibility requirements of §601 and who is hired as an employee by an employer pursuant to an agreement specified in §601.

 

Participating Employers - both profitmaking and non-profitmaking persons, associations, partnerships, and corporations, as well as public agencies which enter into formal agreements with the Director to hire participant-employees under the Adults with Dependents Program.

 

Resident - a person who has a permanent dwelling or home in the District of Columbia. A District resident shall also include those persons who are permanent resident aliens, or other aliens who have been permitted to accept permanent employment in the United States by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

 

Task Force - for the Adults with Dependents Program, the body of persons specified in §2(a)(4) of the Act and as established by the Mayor.