As used in ORS 430.345 to 430.380: (1) Applicant means a county or combination of counties. (2) Minorities means persons who are: (a) Black Americans or persons having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. (b) Hispanic Americans or persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. (c) Native Americans or persons who are American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut or Native Hawaiian. (d) Asian-Pacific Americans or persons whose origins are from Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Samoa, Guam, the United States Trust Territories of the Pacific or the Northern Marianas. (e) Asian-Indian Americans or persons whose origins are from India, Pakistan or Bangladesh. (3) Minority program is a treatment and rehabilitation program that provides services primarily to minorities and that is intended to present treatment and rehabilitation opportunities designed to meet the particular needs of minorities, whether by its geographic location, methods of treatment or other factors.
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