Job Point

Share a laugh with your neighbor at Job Point's comedy night fundraiser next month at The Blue Note in Columbia! Liz Sensintaffar says you won't want to miss retiring president and CEO Steven A. Smith in the hot seat. Don't know much about Job Point? Felecia Jackson-Qualls tells us about its many programs. June 18, 2024

Job Point rehabilitation services director JOHN SCALISE tells us how his department helps those with a disability maintain long-term employment that doesn't affect their SSI or SSDI benefits (Ticket to Work). Also, KEVIN WALSH invites everyone to a special screening of a documentary about the Ozark Mountain Music Festival, a Woodstock-like event that took place in Sedalia in 1974. (4:55) May 30, 2023

"We're that place where you can find change." That's how JERRELL MORTON sums up Job Point, and more specifically, Job Point's YouthBuild program; and it's that idea of change that incentivized 17-year-old Texas-born KYSEAN HICK to stay here in central Missouri and take advantage of everything the YouthBuild program offers. Hear his story. December 9, 2021

Columbia's Job Point, long known as "Missouri's premier employment center," is making an impact in the lives of young adults in our community through its YouthBuild program. It's something today's guest, CHRISTOPHER NICHOLS, can speak to first-hand as a onetime high school dropout who turned to JERRELL MORTON and his team for help in getting his life back on track. October 7, 2021

No nails, no adhesives, no heavy tools needed to install SetaGrip in your home - that's according to Carpet One Floor & Home general manager SCOTT BRADLEY, who adds that this particular technology has now been "perfected." Also, JERRELL MORTON tells us about Job Point's YouthBuild program, which has allowed more than 700 young people (over the past decade) to "reinvent themselves." (4:32) July 20, 2021

Get your laughs on at the 30th annual Assistance League of Mid-Missouri and Job Point Comedy Night! DONNA BECKETT and SANDRA FLAKER tell us about that, as…

Today Paul Pepper visits with Job Point President and CEO, Steve Smith, about this valuable community resource for those struggling to get and maintain…

Today Paul Pepper and ED HANSON talk about art. Well, a show called "Art." Talking Horse Productions is producing this fast-paced, Tony Award-winning…

Today Paul Pepper chats with Job Point Recruiter, Tyree Byndom, about several programs happening at Job Point right now; including: heating, ventilation…

Today Paul Pepper visits with MU Theatre Dept. Chair, HEATHER CARVER, about Samuel Beckett's "Endgame," opening TONIGHT at the Corner Playhouse on the MU…