2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208 Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief
208.311. Purpose of EVE projects.

208.311. The purpose of the EVE projects shall be:

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

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

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

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

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