§ 660.370 — Definitions.

Missouri § 660.370

• Jurisdiction: Missouri
• Title XL: ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
• Ch. 660: Department of Social Services

Text

As used in sections 660.370 to 660.374 , unless the context requires otherwise, the following words and terms shall mean:

(1) "Community action agency" , a not-for-profit corporation which has authority under its charter and bylaws to receive funds to administer community action programs and which was officially designated as a community action agency or a community action program under the provisions of federal law Section 210 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 for fiscal year 1981, unless such community action agency or a community action program lost its designation pursuant to the aforementioned act as a result of failure to comply with the provisions of such act;

(2) "Community action program" , a community based and operated program which includes an intake assessment and referral capability in each of its counties and is designed to include a number of projects or components to provide a range of services and activities having * a measurable and potentially major impact on causes and conditions of poverty in the community or those areas of the community where poverty is a particularly acute problem.  These services and activities may include, but are not limited to, activities designed to provide opportunities for eligible persons to:

(a)  Secure and retain meaningful employment;

(b)  Attain an adequate education;

(c)  Make better use of available income;

(d)  Obtain and maintain adequate housing and suitable living environment;

(e)  Obtain emergency assistance through grants to meet immediate and urgent individual and family needs, including the need for health services, nutritious food, housing and employment related assistance;

(f)  Maximize the role community action agencies play in supportive mechanisms available to Missouri families;

(g)  Remove obstacles and solve problems which block the achievement of self-sufficiency;

(h)  Achieve greater participation in the affairs of the community; and

(i)  Make more effective use of other programs.

Legislative History

(L. 1984 S.B. 564 § 1) *Word "have" appears in original rolls.