; National Strategy on Social Connection (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Advisory Council The term Advisory Council means the advisory council established under subsection (c)(1). (2) Director The term Director means the Director of the Office. (3) Inadequate The term inadequate , with respect to loneliness, means the discrepancy or unmet need between an individual’s or community’s preferred and actual experience. (4) Loneliness The term loneliness , with respect to an individual, means a subjective distressing experience of an individual that results from perceived isolation or inadequate meaningful connection. (5) Office The term Office means the Office of Social Connection Policy. (6) Social connectedness The term social connectedness means the degree to which an individual or community achieves and maintains social connection needs. (7) Social connection The term social connection means a continuum of the size and diversity of an individual’s social network and roles, the functions such relationships and roles serve, and the positive or negative qualities of such relationships and roles. (8) Social disconnection The term social disconnection means objective or subjective deficits in social connection, including deficits in social relationships and roles, the functions such relationships and roles serve, and the positive or negative qualities of such relationships and roles. (9) Social infrastructure The term social infrastructure means the programs (such as volunteer organizations, sports groups, religious groups, and member associations), policies (such as public transportation, housing, and education), and physical elements (such as libraries, parks, green spaces, and playgrounds) of a community that support the development of social connection. (10) Social isolation The term social isolation , with respect to an individual, means that the individual objectively has few social relationships, social roles, or group memberships and has infrequent social interaction. (b) Office of Social Connection Policy