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OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
The Old Age Assistance program, which was established in Missouri
The person who:
in 1935, is designed to provide assistance to needy persons 65 years of age
or over who do not have sufficient financial resources for their support.
is 65 years of age or older
It is also the purpose of this program to make available to such persons,'
whenever possible, social services which they may need resulting from
is unable to earn a living and his income or resources from any source are not enough to meet basic
limited income, health problems, loss of family and other personal prob-
needs
lems. Each eligible person may receive up to $85 a month, except that
is living in the State
persons who are "completely bedfast and totally disabled" may receive up
to $110 a month. For the person who is a patient in a licensed practical
has not given away, sold, or transferred any real or personal property within the past five years unless
nursing home the maximum is $125 a month and the maximum grant
he received fair and valuable consideration
for a patient in a licensed domiciliary nursing home is $110 a month.
if single, may own cash or securities with a value of less than $1,000. If married, and living with
spouse, the amount they own, individually or together, cannot exceed $2,000
. does not own property of any kind or character totalling over $10,500
is not a resident of a public institution, unless it is a public medical institution (except that a patient
65 years of age or older in the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium or a State Mental Hospital may be eligible).
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