homelessness

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.

Jaquie Melloway and John Trapp are the leadership team that run Room at the Inn, the local overnight shelter in Columbia that serves unhoused people. They spoke about some of the things that have surprised them about the folks they serve.