Section 817.8.1. Definitions.

“Certification” means the process for identifying youth mentoring programs as meeting the criteria for effective practice in order to become eligible for financial and technical assistance.

“Commission” means the Iowa commission on volunteer service.

“Conditional certification” means a temporary certification identifying a youth mentoring program before the program is fully operational in order for the program to apply for financial and technical assistance.

“Mentoring certification application” means the application, which was developed by the Iowa mentoring partnership and Iowa commission on volunteer service and which can be adopted by all agencies and departments of state government to determine an applicant’s designation as a certified mentoring program. The application contains information that can be used to determine an applicant’s designation as a certified mentoring program.

“Mentoring program”  or “youth mentoring program”  means a program that provides older mentors to youth, provided that the program meets all of the following requirements:

        1.            The program is located in this state;

        2.            The program is operated as a public or private not-for-profit entity, part of a school or area education agency, or part of a faith-based community;

        3.            Youth served by the program are between the ages of 5 and 23.

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