Job Point
Job Point is Missouri’s premier employment center and Community Development Corporation.
400 Wilkes Blvd Columbia, MO 65201 573-474-8560
jobpoint.org
Missouri Association of Nursing Home Administrators (MANHA)
4100 Country Club Dr. Jefferson City MO 65109 573-634-5345
Free Government Cell Phones
Content updated Jan. 20, 2026
Lifeline phone service provides free cell phones to America's financially disadvantaged.
MO-X
Content updated July 24, 2024
303 Business Loop 70 East
Columbia, MO 65201
573-256-1991 877-669-4826
Greyhound - Midway Truck Stop
OATS Transit
Content updated Jan. 31, 2025
OATS Transit is available to anyone regardless of age, income, disability, race, gender, religion, or national origin.
County service outside Columbia city limits - from Ashland, Hallsville, Centralia, Harrisburg, Rocheport, and Sturgeon to Columbia:
2nd and 4th Monday of each month
Open to individuals of any age.
Service Within the City of Columbia:Medical Appointments:
Medicaid transportation is available for medical appointments but must be booked through MTM (866-269-5927).
Medical appointments must be made between 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to ensure transportation home.
Open to seniors 65+ and individuals with disabilities.
Fare - $2 per one-way trip; $4 round-trip. NOTE: Drivers no longer accept payment from riders on the bus. Riders can add funds to their account before riding and each time you ride the fare will be withdrawn. When calling to add funds to your account a minimum amount of $10.00 is required. You can send a personal check, money order or cashier’s check to the OATS Transit office if you do not want to pay by credit/debit card.
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Content updated Oct. 15, 2025
NEMT stands for Non-Emergency Medical Transportation. The purpose of the NEMT Program is to ensure transportation to eligible MO HealthNet fee for service and Managed Care Health Plan participants who do not have access to free appropriate transportation to and from scheduled MO HealthNet covered services. The NEMT Program may use public transportation or bus tokens, vans, taxis, ambulances, ride-shares, or even airplanes, if necessary, to get participants to health care appointments. Participants may also receive help with gas costs if they have a car, or have a friend or a neighbor who can take them. The NEMT broker must approve this before the appointment.
Para Transit
Content updated Oct. 15, 2025
Go COMO Paratransit offers inclusive, point-to-point transportation for those who complete an application and qualify with a doctor's endorsement, ensuring that everyone can travel comfortably and confidently throughout our community.
The City has lift-equipped paratransit mini-buses that provide origin to destination service to qualified individuals. Reliable transportation is a valuable asset for ADA-eligible citizens when they seek to work, attend school, shop or get health care. Since passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the City of Columbia has provided origin to destination transportation service to citizens who are certified as unable to ride Go COMO’s fixed-route bus system.
Our goal is to provide safe, courteous, and reliable transportation to all our clients with challenges that restrict their ability to use the regular fixed route bus system.
Fixed route and Paratransit service
Monday – Friday: 6:25 a.m. – 6:40 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. – 6:40 p.m.
Sunday: Closed
Wabash Bus Station lobby
Monday – Friday: 7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday: Closed
126 North Tenth Street Columbia, MO 65201 (573) 874-2489
Email: Transit@CoMo.gov
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Finger Lakes State Park
Updated on: May 7, 2024
Open year round. It is free to enter the park.
Finger Lakes State Park is a recreation park with emphasis on ORV trails and motorless watercraft trails. You can buy ORV passes or rent watercrafts at main office. The campground has sites for with 30amp or 50amp hookups (16) as well as basic tent sites (19). Firewood and ice are available year around from office. There is a 14-day stay limit to all sites.
1505 E. Peabody Road
Columbia, MO
573-443-5315
877-422-6766
Shelter KC: A Kansas City Rescue Mission -Men
Men Only
Content updated Oct. 27, 2023
Shelter KC Men's Center offers 3 programs:
- A 60+ bed short-term emergency shelter.
- Shelter KC offers homeless men two weeks of emergency shelter. After that time, they are encouraged to join the Shelter Launch program. This program connects shelter guests with a life coach to create a launch plan with the resources they need to obtain independent housing including: physical, mental, and spiritual health; finances, legal issues, job search, and housing search.
- Shelter KC offers the Christian Community of Recovery (C-COR) to men in our emergency overnight homeless shelter who struggle with a life-controlling addiction. C-COR is a trust and responsibility-based recovery environment and is designed to disciple men toward a committed and sober life in Jesus Christ.
1520 Cherry St
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-421-7643