Section 660.370 - DefinitionsAs used in sections 660.370 to 660.374, unless the context requires otherwise, the following words and terms shall mean:
(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;(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:(a) Secure and retain meaningful employment;(b) Attain an adequate education;(c) Make better use of available income;(d) Obtain and maintain adequate housing and suitable living environment;(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;(f) Maximize the role community action agencies play in supportive mechanisms available to Missouri families;(g) Remove obstacles and solve problems which block the achievement of self-sufficiency;(h) Achieve greater participation in the affairs of the community; and(i) Make more effective use of other programs.