Impoverished area definition

Impoverished area means any area in Virginia which is approved as such by the Director of the
Impoverished area means a benefited area that has a median household income less than 120 percent of the poverty level, for the most current year in which data is available at the time the analysis is performed to determine the recommended state cost share.
Impoverished area means any area in Virginia which is approved as such by the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget or his designee. Such approval shall be made on the basis of federal census studies or current indices of social and economic conditions or both.

More Definitions of Impoverished area

Impoverished area means any clearly-defined, economically distressed urban or rural area in the State of Delaware that has been certified as such by DHSS and approved by the TAB. DHSS shall make its certification of an Impoverished Area based on federal census studies and current indices of social and economic conditions. The following areas are hereby certified by DHSS and approved by the TAB as Impoverished Areas: (i) census tracts described in 30 Del.C. §2020(1)e., as amended, or in any successor statutes thereto, and (ii) areas designated as ranking “4” or “5” in the document prepared by DHSS in July, 1997 entitled “Community Prioritization in Delaware” and in any updated version of such document based on data gathered by the federal government in the 2000 census and on current indices of social and economic conditions. Additionally, DHSS may certify and TAB may approve as an Impoverished Area any area whose boundaries can be described geographically and that meets one or more of the following criteria: (A) the geographic area has a higher than average percentage of households receiving public assistance; (B) the rate of unemployment in the geographic area is higher than average in the State; (C) the geographic area has a higher than average concentration of residents who are Low Income People; (D) the geographic area has a demonstrated need for assistance in economic development, has significant numbers of vacant or substandard properties or infrastructure problems that may create substandard living conditions or cause the area to be economically distressed; and, (E) the population in the geographic area has special needs to be served by the activities of a Neighborhood Organization, Community Development Corporation or Community- Based Development Organization. DHSS may make the foregoing certification and TAB may approve such certification based on a letter application to DHSS with supporting documentation required by DHSS that is made by an Applicant, or by a Neighborhood Organization, Community Development Corporation or Community-Based Development Organization. If the “Community Prioritization in Delaware” document is updated based on data gathered by the federal government in the 2000 census and on current indices of social and economic conditions, areas designated as ranking “4” or “5” in either version of the document shall constitute Impoverished Areas during the fiscal year of the State in which such update is made. Thereafter, only areas designated as rankin...

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  • designated area means any area which may from time to time be designated by Order in Council under the Continental Shelf Act 1964 as an area within which the rights of the United Kingdom with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources may be exercised;

  • Covered area means the geographical area described in the solicitation from which this contract resulted;

  • Restricted Area means an area, access to which is limited by the licensee or registrant for the purpose of protecting individuals against undue risks from exposure to sources of radiation. Restricted area does not include areas used as residential quarters, but separate rooms in a residential building may be set apart as a restricted area.

  • Controlled area means an area, outside of a restricted area but inside the site boundary, access to which can be limited by the licensee or registrant for any reason.

  • Affected area means a geographical area, excluding the property of the Development;

  • Underserved area means a geographic area that meets one or more of the following conditions as determined by the Department: (1) the area has a poverty rate of at least twenty percent (20%) according to the latest federal decennial census; (2) seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the children in the area participate in the federal free lunch program according to the most recent reported statistics from the State Board of Education; (3) at least twenty percent (20%) of the households in the area receive assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”) according to the most recent reported statistics; or

  • Area means with respect to a Contracting Party (i) the territory of that Contracting Party; and (ii) the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf with respect to which that Contracting Party exercises sovereign rights or jurisdiction in accordance with international law;