OAR 414-470-0005: Definitions: Preschool Promise Program

The following definitions apply to Oregon Administrative Rules 414-470-0000 through 414-470-0075. (1) “Child Care Provider” means a person or entity that provides care, supervision, and guidance on a regular basis of a child, unaccompanied by a parent, guardian, or custodian, during a part of the 24 hours of the day. (2) “Culturally Specific Organization” means an organization that serves a particular cultural community and is primarily staffed and led by members of that community; these organizations demonstrate intimate knowledge of lived experience of the community, including but not limited to the impact of structural and individual racism or discrimination on the community; knowledge of specific disparities documented in the community and how that influences the structure of their program or service; ability to describe the community’s cultural practices, health and safety beliefs/practices, positive cultural identity/pride/resilience, immigration dynamics, religious beliefs, etc. and how their services have been adapted to those cultural norms. (3) “Director” means the Early Learning System Director. (4) “Department” means the Department of Early Learning and Care. (5) “Early Learning Hub” or “Hub” means an entity designated by regional partners to coordinate early learning services under ORS 417.827. (6) "Federally Recognized Tribes in Oregon" refers to the Nine sovereign Tribal Nations within Oregon's borders: Burns Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians; Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians; Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde; Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians; Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation; Coquille Indian Tribe; Klamath Tribes. (7) “Preschool Promise Program” means the preschool program administered by the Department of Early Learning and Care. as directed under ORS 329.172. (8) “Preschool Promise Provider/Grantee” means a local entity who receives a grant or contract to provide preschool services under the Preschool Promise Program. (9) “Spark” means Oregon’s Quality Recognition and Improvement system established through ORS 329A.261. Spark uses a continuous quality improvement framework and offers technical assistance, training, financial support, and other resources to help programs improve their structural and process quality to best meet the needs and priorities of the children and families they serve and the staff they employ.