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COLUMBIA â Columbia City Council is looking at funding five organizations with $460,537, to provide social services to the community. The organizations plan to get the funding July 1, 2021.
Three of those organizations want to focus some or all its money, which comes from the council s fiscal year 2021 budget, on rental assistance.Â
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 30% of Missourians are either homeless or use more than half of their income to pay for housing, and 176,800 people in Missouri use federal rental assistance.
Rock the Community, Central Missouri Community Action (CMCA) and Love Columbia plan to use their funds for rental assistance.
Powerhouse Community Development Corporation works with the City of Columbia for its summer feeding program.
COLUMBIA - The summer months can be a difficult time for families who have to find ways to feed their children without the help of the school.Â
Feeding America predicted that 13 million children (1 in 6) may experience food insecurity in 2021. Food insecurity rates have also worsened since the pandemic, but one local nonprofit is working to help limit this.
Powerhouse Community Development Corporation provides meals to children under the age of 18 to ensure an access of a healthy breakfast, lunch and snack during the summer months. Alexsus Payne, KOMU 8 Reporter