Sec. 17a-750. Definitions.
Sec. 17a-750. Definitions. As used in sections 17a-750 to 17a-753, inclusive:
(1) "Northeastern region" means the towns of Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson and Woodstock;
(2) "Human services" means services provided to persons or families experiencing
difficulty in meeting their basic human needs for (A) physical survival, including their
need for food, shelter, clothing and maintenance of minimum income, (B) preparing
for and sustaining employment, (C) job readiness, including employment and training
programs and child care programs, (D) social support and interaction, especially in time
of personal or family crisis, (E) assistance in addressing specific pathologies, such as
health, mental health and substance abuse, and (F) access to available appropriate services, such as education, transportation, information and referral services and includes
remedial and preventative services targeted to low and moderate income individuals
and families, by age group or by specific need;
(3) "Negotiated investment strategy" means a mediated negotiation process to solve
problems, resolve conflicts, develop plans for joint action and to implement those plans
by involving all affected interests and which requires (A) an implementation plan to
establish coherent, coordinated strategies to guide and target the investment of time and
resources by all public and private interests, and (B) a written agreement that sets forth
each party's roles and commitments and provides for subsequent monitoring to assure
the commitments are carried out; and
(4) "State agency" means each state board, authority, commissioner, department,
office, institution, council or other agency of the state, including, but not limited to,
each constituent unit and each public institution of higher education.
(P.A. 97-249, S. 1, 6; P.A. 02-89, S. 28.)
History: P.A. 97-249 effective June 27, 1997; P.A. 02-89 replaced reference to Sec. 17a-754 with reference to Sec.
17a-753, reflecting the repeal of Sec. 17a-754 by the same public act, and made a technical change in Subdiv. (3).