Love Columbia joined forces with Boone County, along with the city of Columbia, to host a free job fair on Wednesday.According to data from the U.S. Bureau of
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COLUMBIA â CoMoGives, an online fundraiser that supports 142 nonprofits in Columbia, raised more than $1.6 million during the December campaign.
Love Columbia, formerly Love INC, will receive $30,755 from the fundraiser. The nonprofit helps place homeless families in stable and transitional housing.
Even with the challenges of the pandemic, Love Columbia placed 78 homeless families in housing last year.
Love Columbia Executive Director Jane Williams said the community stepped up in tremendous ways. A lot of it was just private individuals in the community who saw the need and responded, Williams said. Some people gave their stimulus checks to help. We were able to keep every family with children off the street and then we focused on individuals who were disabled because shelters were not able to accommodate as many because of social distancing.