(1) "Domestic abuse" means any act or threatened act of violence, including any forceful detention of an individual, which results or threatens to result in physical injury and which is committed by a person eighteen years of age or older against another person who is a relative or who is living in the same domicile.
(2) "Domestic abuse program" means a culturally and linguistically appropriate community-based or community-oriented program, which may include residential facilities, and which is operated by a unit of local government or a nongovernmental agency and established pursuant to the criteria set forth in section 26-7.5-103, to assist victims of domestic abuse and their dependents.
(3) "Nongovernmental agency" means any person, private nonprofit agency, corporation, or other nongovernmental agency.
(4) "Unit of local government" means a county, city and county, city, town, or municipality.
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