For over 50 years the
City of Columbia has been committed to providing public health services through its
Health Department.
These services prevent epidemics and the spread of disease, protect against environmental hazards, promote healthy behaviors, prevent injuries and illness, assure the quality and accessibility of health services and monitor the health of the population.
The purpose of the Columbia-Boone County Basic Needs Coalition is to assist the citizens of Columbia and Boone County, Missouri in meeting their basic needs for food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.
To accomplish this, the Coalition works to bring together providers of basic needs to exchange information; determine any unmet needs; find solutions to these needs by mobilizing community resources; and evaluate progress toward meeting the Coalition's goals.
In addition, the Coalition hosts the quarterly Balance of State Central Missouri Regional Housing Continuum Meetings.
Coalition Membership
- President: Ken Cissna (RAIN - Central Missouri)
- Vice-President: Denise Heet (Harry S. Truman Memorial Veteran's Hospital)
- Secretary: Bill Cantin (City of Columbia, Office of Planning and Development)
- Treasurer: Cindy Mustard (Voluntary Action Center)
- Coordinator: Ron Schmidt, (573) 443-2556, ext. 1112 / rschmidt@columbiaha.com
Coalition Meetings
- General Coalition Meetings: typically meet the 4th Wednesday of each month at 3:30 p.m. at the Salvation Army Headquarters (1108 West Ash)
- Executive Committee/Subcommittee Chairperson Meetings: usually meet the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 3:30 p.m. at the Columbia Housing Authority's Administrative Building (201 Switzler Street)
- Governor's Committee to End Homelessness Meetings: typically meet the first Monday of each month at 10 a.m. in the USDA Rural Development Office (601 Business Loop 70 West, Suite 235)
- Quarterly Balance of State Central Missouri Regional Housing Continuum Meetings
General Monthly Coalition Meeting Topics
- January: point in time survey and HMIS by the Continuum of Care subcommittee
- February: addiction treatment programs/issues
- March: offenders programs/issues
- April: housing and shelter programs/issues #1
- May: transportation programs/issues
- June: youth programs/issues
- July: health care programs/issues
- August: veterans programs/issues
- September: housing and shelter programs/issues #2
- October: food programs/issues and clothing programs/issues
- November: mental health programs/issues
- December: holiday party by the executive committee
Coalition Member Agencies
- Boone County Probation and Parole Office
- Burrell Behavioral Health
- Central Missouri Community Action
- City of Columbia, Office of Planning and Development
- Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Community Services
- Columbia Housing Authority
- Comprehensive Human Services-The Shelter
- Covenant Community Development Corporation
- DSC Advisory Services, LLC
- Family Counseling Center/McCambridge Center
- Family Health Center
- Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital
- Job Point, Inc.
- Mid Missouri Furniture Bank
- Missouri Department of Mental Health
- Momma Doris Transitional House
- New Horizons Community Support Services, Inc.
- Phoenix Programs, Inc.
- Rainbow House
- RAIN - Central Missouri
- Reality House
- Services for Independent Living, Inc.
- The Salvation Army
- Voluntary Action Center
- Welcome Home
Coalition Subcommittees
- Executive Committee (officers, subcommittee chairs, and affiliate group liaisons)
- Continuum of Care Subcommittee
- Housing and Shelter Programs/Issues Subcommittee
- Clothing Programs/Issues Subcommittee
- Food Programs/Issues Subcommittee
- Addiction Treatment Programs/Issues Subcommittee
- Veteran's Programs/Issues Subcommittee
- Youth Programs/Issues Subcommittee
Affiliate Groups
- Mid-Missouri Transportation Alliance (Transportation Programs/Issues Affiliate)
- Mental Health Advocacy and Integration (Mental Health Programs/Issues Affiliate)
- Health Care Access (Health Care Programs/Issues Affiliate)
- Boone County Offenders Transition Network (Offenders Programs/Issues Affiliate)
More Information
Contact Ron Schmidt, Coalition Coordinator at (573) 443-2556, ext. 1112 or rschmidt@columbiaha.com.
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