Mississippi Resources
Advocacy
Agencies/Assistance Programs - Government
Children With Special Health Care Needs/Children's Medical Program
P.O. Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215
(800) 844-0898
(601) 987-3965
http://www.msdh.state.ms.us
Councils on Developmental Disabilities
1101 Robert E. Lee Bldg 239 N. Lamar Street
Jackson, MS 39201
(601) 359-1270
http://www.dmh.state.ms.us
Mississippi Children's Medical Program
P.O. Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215
(800) 844-0898
http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/msdhsite/
Mississippi Department of Human Services/County Services Directory
750 No. State St.
Jackson, MS 39202
(800) 645-6347
http://www.mdhs.state.ms.us
Agencies/Assistance Programs - Private
Cover the Uninsured ~ A Project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(202) 572-2928
http://covertheuninsured.org
Email: info@covertheuninsured.org
Assistive Technologies
Mississippi Project START
P. O. Box 1698
Jackson, MS 39215-1000
V/TTY: (800) 852-8328
(601) 987-4872
(601) 364-2349 (Fax)
http://www.msprojectstart.org
Email: contactus@msprojectstart.org
Child Care Resource Listings
Child Care Aware
3101 Wilson Blvd. Suite 350
Arlington, VA 22201
(800) 424-2246
TTY: (866) 278-9428
(703) 341-4101 (Fax)
http://www.childcareaware.org
Disability Specific Organizations
(CMDSS) Central Mississippi Down Syndrome Society
P.O. Box 2189
Brandon, MS 39043
(601) 397-3696
http://www.cmdss.org
Mississippi School for the Blind
1252 Eastover Drive
Jackson, MS 39211
(601) 984-8200
Spina Bifida Association of Mississippi
P.O. Box 180594
Richland, MS 180594
(601) 420-0030
Email: sbaofms@yahoo.com
TEAAM (Together Enhancing Autism Awareness in Mississippi)
P.O. Box 213
Newton, MS 39345
(601) 683-6840
Email: dryeager@TEAAM.org
Early Intervention
Mississippi Early Intervention/Child Development Programs
1101 Robert E. Lee Bldg. 239 N. Lamar Street
Jackson, MS 39201
(601) 359-1288
http://www.dmh.state.ms.us
Mississippi First Steps Early Intervention/Birth through 2
570 East Woodrow Wilson Blvd, Rm 107
Jackson, MS 39215-1700
(800) 451-3903 (In MS)
(601) 576-7427
http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/msdhsite/
Southern Early Childhood Association
P.O. Box 55930
Little Rock, AR 5930
(800) 305-7322
(501) 227-5297 (Fax)
http://www.southernearlychildhood.org
Education
Mississippi Department of Education/Special Education
Central High School Bldg. #335 359 N. West Street
Jackson, MS 39205
(601) 359-3498
(601) 359-1829 (Fax)
http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/special_education
Housing Programs - Government
Mississippi Home Corporation
735 Riverside Drive
Jackson, MS 39202
(601)718-4636
(800) 544-6960
http://www.mshomecorp.com
Paralyzed Veterans of America
801 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20006-3517
(800) 424-8200
http://www.pva.org
Housing Programs - Private
Independent Living Organizations
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Independent Living
101 Industrial Road
Choctaw, MS 39350
(601) 650-7354
http://www.choctaw.org
Indian Health Services
Information
Mississippi Speech-Language-Hearing Association
P.O. Box 22664
Jackson, MS 39225-2664
(800) 664-6742
http://www.mshausa.org
National Organization on Disability
910 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 293-5960
TTY: (202) 293-5968
(202) 293-7999 (Fax)
http://www.nod.org
Email: ability@nod.org
United Spinal Association
75-20 Astoria Boulevard
Jackson Heights, NY 11370
(800) 404-2898
(718) 803-3782
(718) 803-0414 (Fax)
http://www.unitedspinal.org
Legal Advocacy/Information
National Help Law Program (NHeLP) North Carolina Office
211 North Columbia Street, 2nd Floor
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-3503
(919) 968-6308
(919) 968-8855 (Fax)
http://www.healthlaw.org
Email: nhelp@healthlaw.org
Wright's Law
http://www.wrightslaw.com
Legislative
Children's Defense Fund Southern Regional Office
2659 Livingston Road Suite 200
Jackson, MS 39213
(601) 321-1966
http://www.childrensdefense.org"
Medical Centers/Hospitals/Clinics
University of South Alabama Children's & Women's Hospital
1700 Center Street
Mobile, AL 36604-3391
(251) 415-1000
(251) 415-1001 (Fax)
http://www.southalabama.edu/usacwh/
Medical Information/Research Organizations
Parent Support Programs
Exceptional Children's Assistance Center (ECAC) Region 2 & 3
907 Barra Row, Suite 102/103
Davidson , NC 28036
(800) 962-6817
(704) 892-1321
http://www.ecac-parentcenter.org
Email: ecacta@ecacmail.org
Recreation
Easter Seals Camp (ASCCA)
P.O. Box 21
Jackson's Gap, AL 36861
(800) 843-2267 (in ALabama)
(256) 825-9226
http://www.campascca.org
National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
1640 W. Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608-6904
(800) 900-8086
(312) 355-4058 (Fax)
http://www.ncpad.org
Email: ncpad@uic.edu
VSA Arts of Mississippi
3310 N. State Street, Studio 1
Jackson, MS 39216
(601) 713-3311
Email: jacvsa@bellsouth.net
Transportation Information
Tribal Contacts
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians - IL/Education Services
101 Industrial Road
Choctaw , MS 39350
(601) 650-7333
TTY: (601) 650-7354
(601) 656-1902 (Fax)
http://www.choctaw.org
