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Emergency Grants for Guard and Reserve Families — Funded by a Tick Box on a Tax Return

Missouri's Military Family Relief Fund makes emergency financial grants to Missouri National Guard members and to Missouri residents serving in the federal reserve components. The criteria are set by the Adjutant General on the recommendation of a statutory panel, so they move rather than sitting in the statute. Secondary sources put the cap at $3,000 but THE STATUTE NAMES NO FIGURE and we are not going to publish one as though it were settled — ask the Adjutant General's office what is currently payable.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

Missouri's Military Family Relief Fund makes emergency financial grants to Missouri National Guard members and to Missouri residents serving in the federal reserve components. The criteria are set by the Adjutant General on the recommendation of a statutory panel, so they move rather than sitting in the statute. Secondary sources put the cap at $3,000 but THE STATUTE NAMES NO FIGURE and we are not going to publish one as though it were settled — ask the Adjutant General's office what is currently payable.

What it's worth: Emergency financial grants; the cap is not set in statute

  • Reaches Missouri National Guard members and Missouri residents who are members of the federal reserve components.
  • Grants and other assistance are for emergency need.
  • CRITERIA ARE SET BY ADJUTANT GENERAL RULE on the recommendation of a statutory panel, so they can change without the statute changing.
  • THE GRANT CAP IS NOT ESTABLISHED. Secondary sources state up to $3,000; the statute names no figure and we are not treating a secondary figure as settled.
  • Ask the Adjutant General's office what is currently payable before deciding it is not worth applying.

Who is entitled to it

  • You are in one of the groups the fund reaches.
  • You are a Guard member.
  • Missouri administers the fund.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1Apply through the Missouri National Guard, Office of the Adjutant General.
  2. 2Ask what the current criteria and maximum are — they are set by rule and change.
  3. 3Document the emergency specifically: the bill, the loss of income, the date it falls due.
  4. 4Reserve members who are Missouri residents should apply too; the fund is not limited to the Guard.
  5. 5Apply while the need is current rather than after arrears have accumulated.
Form
Application to the Missouri National Guard, Adjutant General
File with
Missouri National Guard, Office of the Adjutant General
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
Worth knowingA widely repeated $3,000 figure appears in secondary sources. The statute does not contain it, so we have not stated it as the amount — ask rather than assume, in either direction.

Sources

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