Columbia Poverty Headlines -- Updated 5/1/2025

May 1, 2025 | by The Salvation Army

5/1/25 -- Columbia Daily Tribune -- Columbia, Food Bank for Central and Northeast MO receive waste reduction grant funds

4/29/25 -- Columbia Missourian -- Affordable housing should come first

4/29/25 -- KOMU -- Donation to Columbia Farmers Market to help support SNAP recipients

4/21/25 -- Columbia Missourian -- Poverty is everybody’s challenge

3/6/25 -- Columbia Missourian -- New Columbia homeless shelter expected to open March 2026

2/27/25 -- KMIZ -- Columbia Utilities to resume utility disconnections soon

1/14/25 -- Columbia Missourian -- A day in the life of an unsheltered resident requires problem solving and planning

1/14/25 -- KRCG TV -- Columbia Salvation Army Harbor House needs extra food during frigid temperatures

1/8/25 -- KRCG -- Columbia overnight shelters see surge in demand amid freezing temperatures

12/26/24 -- KMIZ -- Sophia’s Helping Hand feeds the community during its first Christmas Day event

12/26/24 -- Columbia Missourian -- Finally out of prison, he seized a second chance to build a new life

12/26/24 -- KWOS -- UPDATE: More than $101,000 has now been raised for the recent one-for-one holiday food drive

12/26/24 -- Columbia Missourian -- Truman VA Housed More Than 100 Veterans Experiencing Homelessness in Fiscal Year 2024

12/26/24 -- Columbia Missourian -- Many people picked up clothes at the 14th annual Christmas Day

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