{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-161.412","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 161.412","heading":"Issuance of grants to deaf-blind adults and children and their families.","body":"1. Subject to appropriations, the Missouri commission for the deaf and hard of hearing shall provide grants to:\n(1) Organizations that provide services for deaf-blind children and their families. Such services may include providing family support advocates to assist deaf-blind children in participating in their communities and family education specialists to teach parents and siblings skills to support the deaf-blind children in their family;\n(2) Organizations that provide services for deaf-blind adults. Such grants shall be used to provide assistance to deaf-blind adults who are working towards establishing and maintaining independence; and\n(3) Organizations that train support service providers. Such grants shall be used to provide training that will lead to certification of support service providers in Missouri.\n2. The commission shall use a request-for-proposal process to award the grants in this section. Organizations that receive grants under this section may expend the grant for any purpose authorized in this section.","path":["Title XI - EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES","Chapter 161 - Department of Elementary and Secondary Education"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=161.412","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:25Z","sha256":"975ddfa7c6e995e544aaaf31f535006bd31a80faf83f98a9921d7c0a9bc4b90c","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-161.410","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-161.415"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}