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Homeless shelter open tonight; see map for pickup locations

By adam beam | Published: April 7, 2009
With temperatures expected to dip below freezing tonight, Columbia officials will open their winter homeless shelter tonight from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. tomorrow morning. City officials will bus homeless people to the shelter from 6 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. and will drop them off tomorrow between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. Homeless people can be [...]
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Stimulus update: Homeless prevention

By adam beam | Published: March 10, 2009
Columbia will receive $524,731 in federal stimulus money for homeless prevention. Officials aren’t sure what “homeless prevention” means, but they should be getting an explanation from the department of Housing and Urban Development soon. This latest award pushes the city over the $1 million mark for stimulus money. With the $597,483 for police equipment and the [...]
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How to deal with the homeless

By adam beam | Published: December 12, 2008
About a dozen homeless people showed up at Columbia City Council’s work session this week to complain about the conditions at the city’s winter shelter – including Thomas Aikens, who claims to have panhandled Mayor Bob Coble outside of Starbucks many times. The homeless people wanted to speak to council members during the work session, but [...]
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