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LEAD AGENCY: The organization submitting the proposal requesting a direct contract with the WIB. The Lead Agency will be responsible for ensuring compliance with all terms and conditions of the contract, administration and fiscal management of the contract, and will be held accountable for program results. Lead agencies submitting proposals that incorporate a collaborative relationship with other entities in the provision of comprehensive and integrated youth services must clearly identify the collaborating organization(s), the services they will provide, and the funding to support those services. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Leadership development opportunities are one of the ten required youth program elements. Leadership development may include: exposure to post- secondary educational opportunities; community and service learning projects; peer centered activities, including peer mentoring and tutoring; organizational and teamwork training; decision - making and setting priorities; citizenship training, including life skills training such as parenting, work behavior training, budgeting of resources, employability (pre - employment skills); and positive social behaviors (soft skills), i.e., positive attitudinal development, self- esteem, cultural diversity, and work simulation activities (work maturity skills). Leadership skills might be viewed as those skills characteristic of productive workers and good citizens. LIFE SKILLS (YOUTH): Activities and /or training that assist youth to develop marketable work habits. May include modules /training /curriculum instruction in personal finance and budgeting, parenting /pregnancy prevention, self - leadership (e.g. conflict resolution, public speaking, and management, cultural history and diversity, nutrition /fitness, and health). LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKER: An individual whose native language is not English or who has an inability to communicate in English orally or in writing resulting in a barrier to employment or training. LIMITED INTERNSHIPS: A type of work experience conducted at the site of a private sector employer which provides exposure to work and the requirements for successful job retention. Internships may be paid or unpaid but they are intended to result in unsubsidized employment. Internships are designed to improve skill competencies and assist youth in achieving employment success. LINKAGE: Any mechanism that connects or ties services together. LITERACY: The term "literacy" is an individual's ability to read, write, and speak in English and /or compute, and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job, in the family of the individual, and in society. LOWER LIVING STANDARD INCOME LEVEL: Income level determined annually by the Secretary of Labor based on the most recent lower living family budget issued by the Secretary. LOW INCOME INDIVIDUAL: An individual who: A. receives, or is a member of a family that receives, cash payments under a Federal, State or income -based public assistance program; B. received an income, or is a member of a family that received a total family income, for the 6- month period prior to application for the program involved (exclusive of unemployment compensation, child support payments, payments described in subparagraph (A), and old -age and survivors insurance benefits received under section 202 of the Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. 402) that, in relation to family size, does not exceed the higher of- 19 D -46 42