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Statutes > Missouri > T12 > C208 > 208_311Purpose of EVE projects.
208.311. The purpose of the EVE projects shall be:
(1) To help low-income elderly, adjudicated incapacitated or not, wholive within a project's geographical location to obtain access to servicesto retain their independence and postpone consignment to nursing homes andto improve their quality of life;
(2) To advocate for low-income elderly during an incapacityadjudication hearing;
(3) To help those low-income elderly who become institutionalized andwho can be restored sufficiently to return home, to do so; and
(4) To train and support mostly senior volunteers and to addvolunteer work opportunities for healthy senior citizens.
(L. 1996 S.B. 884 & 841)
