PHOTO GALLERY: Project Homeless Connect at MU Family Impact Center
Project Homeless Connect hosted its 2020 winter event from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the MU Family Impact Center in Columbia to provide a "one stop shop" for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Services at the event included: access to shelter/housing, food and clothing donations, legal assistance, child care assistance, employment resources, haircuts, identification cards, medical checkups, mental health screening, substance abuse screening, Medicaid and Social Security applications, HIV/AIDS testing and veterinary assistance for pets. 137 people had been served by 11:30 a.m.
Numbers from the queue of people who had gotten through the line sit on a check-in table
Numbers from the queue of people who had gotten through the line sit on a check-in table during the Project Homeless Connect winter 2020 event Thursday at the MU Family Impact Center. By 11:30 a.m. 137 people had been served.
Heidi Twenter serves pasta during the Project Homeless Connect winter 2020
Heidi Twenter serves pasta during the Project Homeless Connect winter 2020 event Thursday at the MU Family Impact Center. The event also offered salad, coffee and donuts.
Beverly Green smiles at a client after pouring salad dressing during the Project Homeless Connect winter 2020 event
Beverly Green smiles at a client after pouring salad dressing during the Project Homeless Connect winter 2020 event Thursday at the MU Family Impact Center. Green volunteered through The Mission Continues, which is an organization that encourages veterans to serve their communities.Â
Christopher Coldwell socializes outside during the Project Homeless Connect winter 2020
Christopher Coldwell socializes outside during the Project Homeless Connect winter 2020 event Thursday at the MU Family Impact Center. Project Homeless Connect has been hosting events two times a year for the past nine years in Columbia.
