homelessness

The campus will be a resource to Boone County residents who are homeless or otherwise in need of help.

The contract with Utah-based waste management firm EnviroServe has a term of one year and is renewable.

The City Council approved nearly $1 million in funding for shelter and stabilization services through two local nonprofits.

Kayla Keller and Hannah Pond both work at the Halo Girls Home in Jefferson City, a residential program for homeless and at-risk girls ages 16-21 who are pregnant, parenting, and non-parenting.

The council members said that homelessness and violent crime require different solutions, noting police work is not enough.

The Department of Natural Resources set a Nov. 15 deadline for the city and local partners to submit a plan to address water quality.

The UM president addressed homeless encampments and downtown crime in a Sept. 27 letter to students and employees.

The city of Columbia, Boone County and University of Missouri have been operating on an expired joint stormwater permit amid a grace period.

The one-time grant was mapped out in celebration of United Way’s 100th anniversary.

CoMo Mobile Aid is a local grassroots organization that sets up outside the local overnight shelter, Room the Inn [RATI], twice a week – offering a pop-up thrift store, a wound care station and a large, converted van where folks can get all sorts of essentials: from band aids and Tylenol to menstrual pads and shampoo.