About This Event
Join us for the VAC Opportunity Campus Community & Volunteer Training Series — a 6-part program designed to help the community and those interested in volunteering understand homelessness and how we can work together to support our neighbors.
Hear from over 40 local service providers discuss connections between homelessness, mental health, substance use, and the legal system, and gain insight from individuals with lived experience. The series concludes with a panel, campus tour, and opportunities to get involved.
April 2, April 7, April 16, April 22, April 29, and May 6, 2026
Evenings | 6:00 PM start
$20 In-Seat - registration required, seating limited.
Topics & Presenters include:
• Boone County Homelessness 101
- Kari Utterback & Carter Stephenson | Columbia/Boone Health and Human Services
- Conrad Hake | Love Columbia
- Emily Young | CMCA
- Jess Asher | Welcome Home
- Janie Ridgwell & Josh Cramer | DIVERT
- Rebecca Dykhouse | Daniel Boone Regional Library
- Abigail Stotler | Truman VA
• Mental Health & Trauma Informed Care
- Liz Watkins & Courtney Monroe | MU Psychiatric Center (MUPC)
- Marcello Sieverin & Breanne Dover | CenterPointe Hospital
- Laura Harris | New Horizons
- Brenna Ishler | Centerstone
• Substance Abuse, Addiction & the Brain
- Jason DePrima | MAT Specialist
- Shannon Crowley Einspahr | Compass
- James Bayless | Fresh Start
- Alec Mundle & Dave Zellmer | Columbia/Boone Health and Human Services
- Justin Meals | Phoenix Clinic/Centerstone
• Law Enforcement, Courts & Legal Advocacy
- Heather Harlan | Columbia/Boone Health and Human Services
- Sgt. Chris Hobbs | CPD Homeless Outreach Team
- Jay-Dee Bush & Josh Cramer | DIVERT
- Abigail Stotler | VA/Veterans Court
- Roger Dyer | Mid-Missouri Legal Aid
• VAC Opportunity Campus Tenants & Services
- Ed Stansberry, Jessica McNear & Christy Lowe | VAC Opportunity Campus
- Ruth O'Neill | Loaves & Fishes
- Darren Morton, Mendi Grannemann, Carolyn Hunt | Turning Point
- Catherine Armbrust | CoMo Mobile Aid Collective
- Megan Sievers & Jess Asher | Welcome Home
- Brenna Ishler | Centerstone
• Lived Experience Panel, Tours & Volunteer Opportunities
Learn. Connect. Be part of the solution.
About This Event
Join us for the VAC Opportunity Campus Community & Volunteer Training Series — a 6-part program designed to help the community and those interested in volunteering understand homelessness and how we can work together to support our neighbors.
Hear from over 40 local service providers discuss connections between homelessness, mental health, substance use, and the legal system, and gain insight from individuals with lived experience. The series concludes with a panel, campus tour, and opportunities to get involved.
April 2, April 7, April 16, April 22, April 29, and May 6, 2026
Evenings | 6:00 PM start
$20 In-Seat - registration required, seating limited.
Topics & Presenters include:
• Boone County Homelessness 101
- Kari Utterback & Carter Stephenson | Columbia/Boone Health and Human Services
- Conrad Hake | Love Columbia
- Emily Young | CMCA
- Jess Asher | Welcome Home
- Janie Ridgwell & Josh Cramer | DIVERT
- Rebecca Dykhouse | Daniel Boone Regional Library
- Abigail Stotler | Truman VA
• Mental Health & Trauma Informed Care
- Liz Watkins & Courtney Monroe | MU Psychiatric Center (MUPC)
- Marcello Sieverin & Breanne Dover | CenterPointe Hospital
- Laura Harris | New Horizons
- Brenna Ishler | Centerstone
• Substance Abuse, Addiction & the Brain
- Jason DePrima | MAT Specialist
- Shannon Crowley Einspahr | Compass
- James Bayless | Fresh Start
- Alec Mundle & Dave Zellmer | Columbia/Boone Health and Human Services
- Justin Meals | Phoenix Clinic/Centerstone
• Law Enforcement, Courts & Legal Advocacy
- Heather Harlan | Columbia/Boone Health and Human Services
- Sgt. Chris Hobbs | CPD Homeless Outreach Team
- Jay-Dee Bush & Josh Cramer | DIVERT
- Abigail Stotler | VA/Veterans Court
- Roger Dyer | Mid-Missouri Legal Aid
• VAC Opportunity Campus Tenants & Services
- Ed Stansberry, Jessica McNear & Christy Lowe | VAC Opportunity Campus
- Ruth O'Neill | Loaves & Fishes
- Darren Morton, Mendi Grannemann, Carolyn Hunt | Turning Point
- Catherine Armbrust | CoMo Mobile Aid Collective
- Megan Sievers & Jess Asher | Welcome Home
- Brenna Ishler | Centerstone
• Lived Experience Panel, Tours & Volunteer Opportunities
Learn. Connect. Be part of the solution.