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Get connected and get help in Columbia, MO

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis or if you are feeling desperate, alone, or hopeless, please dial 988 to connect with mental health professionals at the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

Veterans can press “1” after dialing 988 to connect directly to the Veterans Crisis Lifeline or send a text to text the Veterans Crisis Lifeline short code: 838255e: 838255. If you are feeling unsafe or having thoughts about harming yourself or others, please dial 911.

Central Missouri recovery coalition

Get connected with other providers and peers in the Columbia/Boone County area. We are a group of agencies and individuals whose passion is to network and share resources to better serve the recovering community of Boone County and surrounding areas. Learn more: https://cmrccolumbia.org.

Support groups

NAMI offers Connection Recovery Support Groups are for individuals living with mental health conditions and Family Support Groups for family members of individuals living with mental health conditions.

Resource directories

  1. Love Columbia: https://lovecolumbia.org/columbia-resource-directory
  2. Family resource pocket guide: https://www.como.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Family-Resource-Pocket-Guidez-Final-PDF_for-Web_May_2025.pdf
  3. COMO Health and Human Resources guide: https://www.como.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Website-2020-CoMo-Resources-Guide-1.pdf
  4. City of Columbia social services: https://www.como.gov/health/human-services/
  5. City of Columbia online social services database: https://www.como.gov/CMS/healthserv/public.php
  6. Central Missouri Community Action: https://sites.google.com/a/showmeaction.org/central-missouri-community-action-area-resource-guide/boone-county?authuser=0
  7. The Covering: Resources for expectant mothers: https://thecoveringnetwork.com/resource-list/

Resource hubs

  1. CMCA https://cmca.us/information-center/
  2. Voluntary Action Center: https://www.vacmo.org/services/
  3. Coalition to End Homelessness: https://www.bcceh.org/about
  4. Boone County Family Resources https://www.bcfr.org/about/leadership-team/
  5. Boone County Early Childhood Coalition (BCECC) https://www.bcecc.org/about

Needs assessments

  1. https://www.showmeboone.com/community-services/common/pdf/BHC-CHNA-Report.pdf
  2. https://boone.health/about-us/chna/
  3. https://dmh.mo.gov/media/pdf/prevention-needs-assessment-profile-boone-county
  4. https://www.como.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2022-Rapid-Community-Assessment-Report-for-Boone-County.pdf
  5. https://dmh.mo.gov/ada/boone-county