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SECTION 2515
Definitions
Public Health (PBH) CHAPTER 45, ARTICLE 25, TITLE 1-B
§ 2515. Definitions. For the purposes of this title the following
definitions shall apply:

1. "Eligible adolescent" means a person aged twenty-one or under who
is at risk of becoming a parent, is pregnant, or is a parent.

2. "Services for eligible adolescents" means those services, including
but not limited to: vocational and educational counseling, job skills
training, family life and parenting education, life skills development,
coordination, case management, primary preventive health care, pregnancy
and child nutrition counseling for expectant mothers to curb the
incidence of childhood obesity, family planning, social and recreational
programs, child care, outreach and advocacy, follow-up on service
utilization, crisis intervention, and efforts to stimulate community
interest and involvement.

3. "Community council" means a group of volunteers responsible for the
development of the community service project plan which, to the extent
possible, represents the needs and values of the community and which
includes representatives of the following community groups or
organizations: community residents, including youths; local government;
the business community; service providers, including agencies providing
vocational, housing services, child care agencies serving youth and
youth services agencies; charitable organizations; health providers;
educational institutions; family planning agencies; and community
networks and coalitions.