As used in this act:

    (a) "Minority" means a person who is black, hispanic, oriental, eskimo, or an American Indian who is not less than 1/4 quantum Indian blood as certified by the person's tribal association and verified by the Indian affairs commission.

    (b) "Participant" means a person hired under this act who meets the eligibility criteria of section 6.

    (c) "Private nonprofit organization" means a private nonprofit organization which does not as a substantial part of its activities carry on propaganda or otherwise attempt to influence legislation and which does not participate in or intervene in, including participation or intervention which involves publishing or distributing statements, any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.

    (d) "Recipient" means a city, village, county, township, school district, intermediate school district, university, community college, private nonprofit organization, or governmental authority, or an agency or department of a city, village, county, township, school district, intermediate school district, or a private nonprofit organization.

    (e) "Resident" means an individual who has in this state the individual's true, fixed, and permanent home and principal establishment to which the individual intends to return whenever absent. An individual is a resident until the individual establishes a permanent establishment outside this state.

    (f) "Service delivery areas" means the administrative entities designated by the governor under the job training partnership act, Public Law 97-300, 96 Stat. 1322.

    (g) "State department" means a department created in the executive branch of state government pursuant to section 2 of article V of the state constitution of 1963, or a board, commission, agency, or other unit of state government.

    (h) "Supervisor" means a person hired to supervise participants of programs operated under this act.