660.370. Definitions.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

Definitions.

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

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

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

(a) Secure and retain meaningful employment;

(b) Attain an adequate education;

(d) Obtain and maintain adequate housing and suitable livingenvironment;

(e) Obtain emergency assistance through grants to meet immediate andurgent 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 supportivemechanisms available to Missouri families;

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

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

(i) Make more effective use of other programs.