Missouri Laws 455.215 – Applications for shelter funding, contents, when filed — payments from fund ..
1. A shelter for victims of domestic violence may apply to the designated authority for funds to be used for the funding of the shelter. All applications shall be submitted by the first day of October of the year preceding the calendar year for which the funding is desired, and shall include all of the following:
(1) Evidence that the shelter is incorporated in this state as a nonprofit corporation;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 455.215
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Domestic violence: abuse or stalking committed by a family or household member, as such terms are defined in this section. See Missouri Laws 455.010
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) A list of the directors of the corporation, and a list of the trustees of the shelter if different;
(3) The proposed budget of the shelter for the following calendar year;
(4) A summary of the services proposed to be offered in the following calendar year;
(5) An estimate of the number of persons to be served during the following calendar year.
2. Upon receipt of an application for funds from a shelter that meets the criteria set forth in section 455.220, the designated authority, on or before the fifteenth day of November of the year in which the application is filed, shall notify the shelter, in writing, whether it is eligible to receive funds, and if the shelter is eligible, specify the amount available for that shelter from the fees collected pursuant to section 455.205*.
3. Funds allocated to shelters pursuant to this section shall be paid to the shelters twice annually, on the first day of January and the first day of July of the years following the year in which the application is filed.