{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-660.165","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 660.165","heading":"Limitation on periods of emergency — when assistance to be granted.","body":"Subject to the sufficiency of funds appropriated for this program, emergency assistance grants may be authorized by the director of the department of social services, or his delegate, when a finding is made that an individual family emergency exists. Such emergency assistance may be authorized during only one period of thirty consecutive days in any twelve-consecutive-month period, including payments which are to meet needs which arose before the thirty-day period or which extend beyond the thirty-day period. The program shall provide that a finding that an emergency does or does not exist will be made and, if applicable, assistance will be granted within three days after receipt by the department of a properly completed application.","path":["Title XL - ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS","Chapter 660 - Department of Social Services"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=660.165","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"af367164f3ab97d03a8765982ae35d2f617d2a27c42e18786edca45b6868bf6e","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-660.160","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-660.170"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}