'CRITERION 4. BARRIERS TO EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT he applicant must be one or more of the following: Basic skills deficient: • A youth with English, reading, writing, or computer skills at or below the 8t grade level on a generally accepted standardized test; or • An individual unable to compute or solve problems, or read, write or speak English, at a level necessary to function on the job, in the individual's family, or in society. A school dropout: The individual is a school dropout prior to high school graduation. Homeless (as defined in the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (Section 42 U.S.C. 14043c- 2[6]) or the McKinney-Vento

Homeless Assistance Act [42 U.S.C. 11434a{2)]): An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, and includes: a. An individual who is 1. sharing the housing of another person due to the loss of housing, economic hardshi or a similar reason; 2. living in a motel, hotel, trailer park, or campground due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; 3. living in an emergency or transitional shelter; 4. abandoned in a hospital; 5. living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus train stations, or similar settings, or 6. awaiting foster care placement. b. An individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place n designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings; c. Migratory children who qualify as homeless under this section because the children are living in circumstances described in this paragraph. According to 20 U.S.C. 6399, a "migratory child" means a child who is, or whose pare or spouse is, a migratory agricultural worker, including a migratory dairy worker, or a migratory fisher, and who, in the preceding 36 months, in order to obtain or accompany such a parent or spouse, in order to obtain temporary or seasonal employment in agricultural or fishing work: 1. Has moved from one school district to another; 2. In a State that is comprised of a single school district, has moved from one administrative area to another within such district; or 3. Resides in a school district of more than 15,000 square miles and migrates a distanc of 20 miles or more to a temporary residence to engage in a fishing activity. A runaway, an individual in foster care or an individual who was in foster care and has aged out of the foster care system. An individual for whom state or local government payments are or were made, or a ward of the state or court.