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Connecting For Baby, creating Healthy Relationships

Connecting for Baby, Creating Healthy Relationships


Columbia Area Resource List

Last Updated 5/30/07


Boone County Health Department

  • WIC (Women, Infants, and Children): 573-874-7384
  • Pre/post-natal care: 573-874-7356
  • Well Child check-ups: 573-874-7356
  • Immunizations: 573-874-7356
  • Dental care for adults & children: 573-214-2314

 

Child Care Resource & Referral Program

  • Child Care Connection: 573-445-5627 or 1-800-243-9685

 

Early Childhood, Parenting Support & Parenting Education Services

  • ParentLink WarmLine: 1-800-552-8522 (En Espaņol 1-888-460-0008)
  • Parents As Teachers: 573-214-3955
  • Health Department - Healthy Beginnings: 573-874-7355
  • Early Head Start: 573-443-1955
  • Lutheran Family and Children’s Services: 573-815-9955
    • Resource Parents Program (for under age 22)
    • WINGS Program (for over age 22)

 

Employment

  • Columbia Career Center: 573-214-3800
  • Division of Workforce Development: 573-882-8821
  • JobWorks: 573-449-3431
  • Vocational Rehabilitation: 573-882-9110

 

Financial Assistance: Food Stamps, Medicaid, TANF, Child Care

  • DSS Children’s Division: 573-882-9180

 

Financial Management Programs

  • Office for Financial Success: 573-882-2173
  • Jamie Thompson, Boone/Cole County Extension Specialist: 573-634-2824

 

Pregnancy Education, Support and Baby Items

  • Open Arms : 573-874-3561
  • Lutheran Family and Children’s Services: 573-815-9955
    • Resource Parents Program (for under age 22)
    • WINGS Program (for over age 22)
  • First Chance for Children: 573-777-1114
    • CRIBS Program: 573-777-1115
    • PAL Program: 573-777- 1814
    • Lend & Learn: 573-777-1814


Basic Needs: Food, Clothing, Housing, Transportation, Utilities

  • Central Missouri Food Bank: 573-874-7848
  • Central Missouri Community Action: 573-443-1955
  • Columbia Housing Authority - Public Housing/Section 8: 573-443-2556
  • Columbia Square Apartments (private Section 8): 573-445-1721
  • Lakewood Apartments (private Section 8): 573-442-2720
  • Salvation Army: 573-442-3229
  • Voluntary Action Center: 573-449-6959
  • Wardrobe (needs referral from VAC): 573-442-3260

 

Child Support

  • Division of Child Support Enforcement (DSS)
    • Paternity/establishment/modification: 573-882-9950
    • Support order/enforcement: 866-313-9960

 

Domestic Violence

  • The Shelter: 573-875-1370 or 1-800-548-2480
  • National Domestic Violence/Abuse Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
  • National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline: 1-866-331-8453

 

Individual or Family Counseling: Medicaid, MC+, Sliding Scale or no cost

  • Family Counseling Center: 573-449-2581
  • Burrell Behavioral Health: 573-777- 7500
  • New Horizons: 573-443-0405
  • UMC Psychological Services Clinic: 573-882-4677

 

Legal Assistance

  • Mid-Missouri Legal Services Corp. (Legal Aid): 573-442-0116

 

Substance Abuse Treatment/Support

  • McCambridge Center for Women: 573-449-3953
  • Phoenix Programs: 573-442-7026
  • Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center: 573-884-1300

 

 

Funding for this project was generously provided by the Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Grant#90FE0130.


 
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