room at the inn

Reighna is an unhoused woman in her 40s. She spoke about some of the systemic challenges that can make it hard for people to climb out of homelessness, but also about the community that supports her.

Amy is an unhoused woman in her 50s who we met at Room at the Inn, the local overnight shelter in Columbia. She spoke about some of the challenges of trying to take care of her health while living on the street with chronic illnesses.

Reporters Anna Spidel, Harshawn Ratanpal and Rebecca Smith take listeners inside Columbia's only year-round homeless shelter, Room at the Inn, for one night.

Room at the Inn, which welcomes about 100 guests per night, provides resources for unhoused people in Columbia.

Room at the Inn's new transition program helps homeless people make personalized plans to permanently improve their situation.

The Loaves and Fishes soup kitchen served dinner out of the Ashley Street Center for the first time Monday night after leaving its longtime home of Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church.

Room at the Inn executive director John Trapp updated KBIA on how the former winter shelter has been faring since its transition to year-round homeless shelter in October.

Winter is coming and that creates some new challenges for the unsheltered population of Mid-Missouri. But as KBIA’s Tadeo Ruiz reports, one Columbia-based organization is providing much needed services to unhoused folks – now with funding and support from the city.

For the last eight years, Room at the Inn, a volunteer-operated organization, coordinates shelter for the homeless in different Columbia congregations.…

Today Paul Pepper visits with YVONNE CHAMBERLAIN, Coordinator of Columbia's Room at the Inn. Now in its 6th year, Room at the Inn provides shelter for the…