Official State Website: http://www.mississippi.gov

President and Vice President: www.whitehouse.gov

State Representative: http://www.house.gov/

Senators: http://www.senate.gov/

Local Child Abuse Number: 800-222-8000 (in state)
601-359-4991 (out of state)

Children's Rights Foundation:
1-800-329-KIDS
http://www.preventchildabusenow.org/

National Child Traumatic Stress Network:
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=abt_ntwk

Trauma Recovery for Youth
Contact: Jennifer Sigrest
Phone: (601) 948-4494 X115
Email: jennifer.sigrest@catholiccharitiesjackson.org
Web: http://www.catholiccharitiesjackson.org/

Shelters

Back Bay Mission
1012 Division Street
P.O. Box 509
Biloxi, MS 39533-0509
(228) 432-0301
FAX (228) 374-2922

Multi-County Community Service Agency, Inc.
Transitional housing
2900 St. Paul Street
PO Box 905
Meridian, MS 39301
(601) 483-4838
FAX (601) 482-9861

City of Natchez
Support for abused women
City of Natchez
PO Box 1185
Natchez, MS 39121
(601) 442-0142

City of Picayune
PRIDE (Pearl River Information and Drug Education, Inc.)
917 Goodyear Blvd., Suite F
Picayune, MS 39466
(601) 798-9686 (phone and FAX)

Bolivar County Community Action Agency, Inc.
PO Drawer 180
Cleveland, MS 38732
(662) 846-1491
FAX (662) 843-0173 .

Gateway Rescue Mission
328 S. Gallatin Street
Jackson, MS 39207-9987
Phone: (601)353-5864
FAX: (601)353-9468

Gulf Coast Women's Center for Nonviolence
P.O. Box 333
Biloxi, MS 39533
(228) 436-3809
FAX (228) 435-0513

Supportive housing
Hinds County Human Resource Agency
P.O. Box 22657
258 Maddox Road - Jackson, MS 39212
Jackson, MS 39225-2657
(601) 923-1775
FAX (601) 923-3925

Case Management Housing Support Services
Catholic Charities - Domestic Violence Service Center
748 N. President Street
Jackson, MS 39202
(601) 355-8634
FAX (601) 960-8493

Support services for domestic violence victims
Stewpot Community Services
1100 W. Capitol Street
Jackson, MS 39203
(601) 353-2759
FAX (601) 353-7071

Homes of Grace
P. O. Box 5009
Vancleave, MS 39565-5009
Phone: (601)826-5283
FAX: (601)826-2329

Institute for Disability Studies (University of Southern Mississippi)
Housing for those with disabilities
USM campus
Box 5163
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5163
(601) 266-5163
FAX (601) 266-5114

Mississippi Regional Housing Authority IV
P.O. Box 1051
Columbus, MS 39703
(662) 327-0136
FAX (662) 327-4344

Tenant-based rental assistance for disabled individuals
Recovery House, Inc.
PO Box 2590
Columbus, MS 39704
(662) 329-4333
FAX (662) 329-4380

Women's Shelters

Domestic Violence:
http://www.mcadv.org
http://www.sboard.org/resources.htm?

Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence
P.O. Box 4703
Jackson, MS 39296
(601) 981-9196 Fax: (601) 981-2501
Website: http://www.mcadv.org

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
http://www.ndvh.org/help/help_in_area.html

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
http://www.ncadv.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence:
http://www.nnedv.org

Directory of Women's Shelters:
http://wedirectyou.com/womennmr/women.htm

Sounding Board Counseling Center:
http://www.sboard.org then click on shelters in your State

Community Action Program:
http://www.mscommunityaction.org/Programs/programs.html
http://www.ncaf.org/linkcaas.htm

Head Start Program:
http://www.mdhs.state.ms.us/cs_info.html
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/hsweb/index.jsp
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/ehs_tkit1.htm

State Listings of Charities

Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/tmarkg/charity.htm

Mississippi Office of the Secretary of State
Regulation & Enforcement
P. O. Box 136
Jackson, MS 39205-0136
700 North Street, Jackson, MS 39202
601-359-1371
http://www.sos.state.ms.us/regenf/charities/charities.asp

Office of the Attorney General
Consumer Protection Division
P.O. Box 22947
Jackson, MS 39225-2947
601-359-4230
http://www.ago.state.ms.us./divisions/consumer/

Search by State

Family and Youth Services:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/

Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/

Government Grants:
http://www.firstgov.gov/
http://www.grants.gov/
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal

Housing Grants:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/

Health Care: For the Uninsured
http://ask.hrsa.gov/pc/

Help finding healthcare in your area:
http://www.healthfinder.gov/healthcare/

Emergency Food and Shelter:
http://www.efsp.unitedway.org/EFSP/WC.DLL?EFSP~FundedStates