{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-660.370","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 660.370","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in sections 660.370 to 660.374, unless the context requires otherwise, the following words and terms shall mean:\n(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;\n(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:\n(a) Secure and retain meaningful employment;\n(b) Attain an adequate education;\n(c) Make better use of available income;\n(d) Obtain and maintain adequate housing and suitable living environment;\n(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;\n(f) Maximize the role community action agencies play in supportive mechanisms available to Missouri families;\n(g) Remove obstacles and solve problems which block the achievement of self-sufficiency;\n(h) Achieve greater participation in the affairs of the community; and\n(i) Make more effective use of other programs.","path":["Title XL - ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS","Chapter 660 - Department of Social Services"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=660.370","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"537509ab65f8e7902c0ba6eb1750c1cde32efa7f29237c8a6013de97f73d2f7e","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-660.360","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-660.372"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}