34 U.S.C. § 60502 — Definitions

This section defines four terms used in this Act.

(1) "Exoneree" means someone who: (A) was convicted of a federal, tribal, or state crime punishable by more than one year in prison; (B) served at least six months in a federal, tribal, or state prison because of that conviction; and (C) was later determined to be factually innocent of that crime.

(2) "Indian tribe" has the same meaning given to it in section 10251 of this title. This section does not redefine it here.

(3) "Offender" includes an exoneree — so wherever the Act uses the word "offender," it also covers people who fit the exoneree definition.

(4) "Transitional Jobs strategy" means an employment strategy for youth and adults who are chronically unemployed or face barriers to finding work. To count as a Transitional Jobs strategy, a program must: (A) be run by state, tribal, or local governments, their workforce boards, or nonprofit organizations; (B) offer time-limited jobs — individual placements, team placements, or social enterprise placements — without replacing workers already on the job; (C) pay wages that follow the law, and never less than the higher of the federal minimum wage under section 206(a)(1) of title 29 or the applicable state or local minimum wage, with the wages subsidized in whole or in part by public money; (D) pair that time-limited work with activities that build skills and remove barriers to employment, such as orientation, individual assessment, job readiness and life skills training, case management and support services, adult education and training, child-support-related services, and job retention support and incentives; (E) place participants into permanent, unsubsidized jobs; and (F) keep helping participants after that placement — through job retention support, re-employment services, and continuing or vocational education — so they stay employed and can advance.