Section 2515. Definitions  


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  • For  the  purposes of this title the following
      definitions shall apply:
        1. "Eligible adolescent" means a person aged twenty-one or  under  who
      is at risk of becoming a parent, is pregnant, or is a parent.
        2. "Services for eligible adolescents" means those services, including
      but  not  limited  to: vocational and educational counseling, job skills
      training, family life and parenting education, life skills  development,
      coordination,  case  management,  primary preventive health care, family
      planning, social and recreational programs,  child  care,  outreach  and
      advocacy,  follow-up  on  service  utilization, crisis intervention, and
      efforts to stimulate community interest and involvement.
        3. "Community council" means a group of volunteers responsible for the
      development of the community service project plan which, to  the  extent
      possible,  represents  the  needs  and values of the community and which
      includes  representatives  of  the   following   community   groups   or
      organizations:  community residents, including youths; local government;
      the business community; service providers, including agencies  providing
      vocational,  housing  services,  child  care  agencies serving youth and
      youth services agencies;  charitable  organizations;  health  providers;
      educational   institutions;  family  planning  agencies;  and  community
      networks and coalitions.