208.311. Purpose of EVE projects. - Missouri Statutes

Purpose of EVE projects.

208.311. The purpose of the EVE projects shall be:

(1) To help low-income elderly, adjudicated incapacitated or not, wholive within a project's geographical location to obtain access to servicesto retain their independence and postpone consignment to nursing homes andto improve their quality of life;

(2) To advocate for low-income elderly during an incapacityadjudication hearing;

(3) To help those low-income elderly who become institutionalized andwho can be restored sufficiently to return home, to do so; and

(4) To train and support mostly senior volunteers and to addvolunteer work opportunities for healthy senior citizens.

(L. 1996 S.B. 884 & 841)