28.1 - DEFINITIONS. - Iowa Statutes

28.1 DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Community empowerment area" means a geographic area designated in accordance with this chapter. 2. "Community empowerment area board" or "community board" means the board for a community empowerment area created in accordance with this chapter. 3. "Decategorization project" means a decategorization of child welfare and juvenile justice funding project operated under section 232.188. 4. "Early care", "early care services", or "early care system" means the programs, services, support, or other assistance made available to a parent or other person who is involved with addressing the health and education needs of a child from birth through age five. "Early care", "early care services", or "early care system" includes but is not limited to public and private efforts and formal and informal settings. 5. "Iowa empowerment board" or "Iowa board" means the Iowa empowerment board created in section 28.3.          Section History: Recent Form 98 Acts, ch 1206, §2, 20 C99, §7I.1 99 Acts, ch 190, §1, 19, 20 CS99, §28.1 2005 Acts, ch 148, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1157, §1