Central Missouri Foster Care & Adoption Association
Content added Oct. 31, 2024
CMFCAA is a resource center for foster and adoptive families. There is no charge to use our services and if you have foster or adoptive or relative or guardianship care of children in your home then you qualify for our services. We also help license new foster and adoptive families through our Family Development team. We educate, support, and advocate for foster, kinship and adoptive children, youth and families in central Missouri by offering services and partnering with others to help them become healthy and self-sufficient.
M-F, 8am-5pm
3620 Interstate 70 Dr SE
Columbia, MO 65201
573-298-0258
Caring Hearts and Hands of Columbia
Content updated Nov. 19, 2025
Caring Hearts and Hands of Columbia is Mid-Missouri's end-of-life home. Guests are cared for 24/7 by our team of caregivers composed of both volunteers and paid staff. Our services are provided free of charge, and families never receive a bill for our services. Partnering with the guest's hospice company, CHHC's caregivers care for the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of our guests and their families. These needs are met with compassion, love, and respect.
Hours: M-F; 8:30a-4:30p. We are a 24/7 operation, however inquiries regarding admissions and our program should only be directed to the operations manager during M-F office hours.
1307 W Broadway
Columbia, MO 65203
(573) 530-5888
Email: info@caringheartandhands.org
Safe Families for Children
Families and children of Boone County
Content updated May 20, 2024
Safe Families for Children provides short-term, temporary respite care for the children of families facing a crisis. Vetted and trained volunteer families host children in their homes, while parents work toward goals to create stability for their families.
807 N Providence Rd
Columbia, MO 65202
573-217-0377
Email: midmissouri@safefamilies.net
Flourish Initiative
Homeless youth ages 16-24; Youth with educational employment barriers - middle school to high school
Content updated Oct. 28, 2025
24/7 for shelter operations & street outreach
8am-5pm, M-F for community programs
Transitional housing shelter for youth ages 16-24
Street Outreach for homeless youth ages 16-24
Community Programs for youth middle school to high school
Coyote Hill
Updated on: August 17, 2023
Coyote Hill exists to give children in foster care a safe place to be a child. They know safe children today make safe families tomorrow. They work to end child abuse & neglect in this generation.
9501 W. Coyote Hill Road
Harrisburg, MO 65256
Bethany
Content updated Aug. 20, 2024
Bethany is a global nonprofit that supports children and families with world-class social services, all designed to help families thrive. When children are in need of a family, we respond. In the U.S., we protect vulnerable children through essential services, including pregnancy counseling, foster care, emergency care, and adoption
By Appointment Only
Columbia, MO
573-217-0377
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Lutheran Family and Children's Services (LFCS)
Children, families and maternal mental health
Content updated Aug. 14, 2024
Counseling services
Pregnancy and parenting support services
Free pregnancy testing
Adoption- we serve adoptive families and provide birth parent services for those considering adoption
Monday-Thursday, 8am-5pmFriday-8am-12pm
916 Bernadette Drive
Columbia, MO 65203
(866) 326-5327
Email: help@lfcs.org