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2021MISSISSIPPI COASTCOMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDEThis Resource Guide is designed to assist individuals and families in findingassistance for food, clothing, employment, health, housing, entertainment,education, veteran & disability support, and other needed resources thatprovide assistance during times of unemployment or underemployment.These Resources should be free or at minimal cost for those in need.This MS Coast Community Resource Guide is located atwww.DisabilityConnection.org.The Online Version is completely Interactive and may be downloaded in itsentirety for non-commercial use. Disability Connection owns all rights inthe text, graphics , and other content provided in the Guide, and the selection,coordination, and arrangement of such content. It is prohibited to copy,reproduce, modify, or distribute the contents in the Guide for any purposeswithout written permission. The Guide and contents contained in the Guidemay be used solely for individual, non-commercial, and informational purposes .Systematic retrieval of data or other content from the Guide, whether tocreate or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database,or directory, is prohibited without the express prior written consent fromDisability Connection.This is a FREE publication. Disability Connection, O’Keefe Educational Media,and their partners, sponsors, officers, and management cannot be heldliable for any incorrect content of this publication or issues rising from itsdistribution.To submit changes or additions for future publications please emailOffice@DisabilityConnection.org.
Disability ConnectionTable of ContentsActivities and EntertainmentBiloxi’s Special Needs Program Boy Scouts Of America Boys & Girls Club of Jackson County Boys & Girls Club of Gulf Coast Christians in Camo Coastal Mississippi Disability Connection Disability Connection Community Playgrounds Dream Program Girl Scouts Of Greater Mississippi Little Children’s Park Lynn Meadows Discovery Center MS Coast Special Needs Soccer Association MS Gulf Coast Buddy Sports MS Gulf Coast Youth For Christ MS Renaissance Garden Foundation Salvation Army Kroc Center Special Olympics Mississippi 101010111111121212121313131414141415Children and FamiliesCanopy Children’s Solutions CASA of Hancock County CASA of Harrison County Table of Contents1616162Index
2021 Resource GuideCASA of Jackson County Child Abuse Hotline Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Family First Braille Gulf Coast Family Counseling Agency Harrison County Child Development Center Head Start Head Start Hope Haven Children’s Advocacy Center Independent Living Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children Kinship Navigator Program Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi March Of Dimes Mississippi Moore Community House MS Children’s Home Services MS Department of Child Protective Services MS Gulf Coast YMCA MS Parent Training & Information Center South Mississippi Smiles South MS Child Advocacy Center-Harrison County South MS Child Advocacy Center-Jackson County Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) unity ResourcesAdvocates for Freedom Assurance Wireless Back Bay Mission Boat People SOS El Pueblo Fatherless And Widows Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence Gulf Coast Community Ministries Gulf Coast Rescue Mission Hancock Resource Center Humane Society of South MS Jubilee Havens MS Department Human Services Nourishing Place, The Salvation Army-George County Table of Contents3242424252525262626272727282828Index
Disability ConnectionSalvation Army-Jackson County Salvation Army-Southern MS Area Command Office Shepherd of the Gulf Social Security Administration St. Vincent De Paul Society-Our Lady ofFatima Conference St. Vincent De Paul Society-St. James Conference St. Vincent De Paul Society-St. John Conference St. Vincent De Paul Society-St. Joseph Conference St. Vincent De Paul Society-St. Thomas the Apostle Taxpayer Advocate Service United Way for Jackson & George Counties United Way 211 Resource Line Women’s Resource Center 29292930303031313131323232Disability Specific ServicesAmerican Printing House for the Blind 33Arc of Mississippi, The 33Arc of Pearl River County, The 34Arc of the Gulf Coast, The 34Brain Injury Association of Mississippi 34Brandi’s Hope 34Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities 35de l’Epee Deaf Center 35Disability Connection 35Gulf Coast Down Syndrome Society 36Independent Living for the Blind 36Institute for Disability Studies 36LIFE of MS 37Millcreek 37MS Centers for Autism & Related Developmental Disabilities 37MS Department of Mental Health 38MS Hearing-Vision Project 38MS Paralysis Association 38MS Relay Service 38MS Society for Disabilities 39Office of Special Disabilities 39Project START 39REM 40Saint Francis Ministries 40 Table of Contents4Index
2021 Resource GuideSinging River Industries South Mississippi Regional Center Vocational Rehabilitation For the Blind 404041Disaster / Emergency ServicesAmerican Red Cross- Gulfport American Red Cross- Pascagoula FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency George County Emergency Management Hancock County Emergency Management Harrison County Emergency Management Jackson County Office of Emergency Services MEMA-Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Pearl River County Emergency Management Stone County EOC/911 U.S. Coast Guard 4242424343434343444444Educational & Training OpportunitiesCLIMB CDC Families First/MCEC Gulfport Job Corps Gulfport School District Hope Adult Learning Moore Community House-Women in Construction MS Gulf Coast Community College-Harrison County MS Gulf Coast Community College-Perkinston MS Gulf Coast Community College-Jackson County University of Southern Mississippi 45454646464646474747Employment, Job Retentionand Career DevelopmentAbility Works Disability Connection-Supported Employment Goodwill Industries Of South Mississippi Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) Vocational Rehabilitation WIN Job Center 484848494949FoodBrother’s Keeper Ministries Table of Contents515Index
Disability ConnectionFeed My Sheep Feeding The Gulf Coast Hancock County Food Pantry Loaves And Fishes Lord Is My Help, The Our Daily Bread Seashore Mission Twelve Baskets Food Bank 5151525252535353Health and WellnessALS Association, The Alzheimer’s Mississippi American Cancer Society American Heart Association American Lung Association American Stroke Association Bethel Free Clinic Bethesda Free Clinic Catholic Charities of South Mississippi Children’s Health Insurance Program Coastal Family Health Center-Bay St. Louis Coastal Family Health Center-Biloxi Coastal Family Health Center-D’Iberville Coastal Family Health Center-Gulfport Coastal Family Health Center-Lucedale Coastal Family Health Center-Moss Point Coastal Family Health Center-Pass Christian Coastal Family Health Center-Saucier Coastal Family Health Center-Vancleave George County Health Department Good Rx Hancock County Health Department Harrison County Health Department Health & Prescription Services Jackson County Health Department Lion’s Club Magnolia Medical Foundation Manna Ministries MS Division of Medicaid MS Drug Card Table of 0606061616161626262Index
2021 Resource GuideMS State Department of Health 62MS Tobacco Free Coalition of Harrison County 63Pearl River County Health Department 63Pink Heart Funds 63PROMISS 64Sola Extends Women’s Clinic 64St. Vincent de Paul-Community Pharmacy 64Stone County Health Department 64Volunteers in Medicine Gautier 65Housing and UtilitiesArukah House Biloxi Housing Authority Community Care Network FHA Resource Center, The Habitat For Humanity Of The MS Gulf Coast Jackson County Civic Action Committee Mercy Housing And Human Development MS Regional Housing Authority No. VIII Open Doors Homeless Coalition PRVO - Pearl River Valley Opportunity Rebekah’s House 6666666767676868686869Legal ServicesDisability Rights Mississippi MS Center For Justice MS Center for Legal Services MS Volunteer Lawyers Project 70707171Mental HealthBehavioral Health Clinics Families as Allies Gulf Coast Mental Health Center-Crisis Stabilization Center Gulf Coast Mental Health Center-Hancock County Gulf Coast Mental Health Center-Main Office Gulf Coast Mental Health Center-Pearl River County Gulf Coast Mental Health Center-Stone County Gulfport Behavioral Health System Mental Health Association of South MS Mobile Crisis Response Teams Table of Contents772727273737374747475Index
Disability ConnectionNational Alliance On Mental Illness Singing River Health System Singing River Services Specialized Treatment Facility 75757576National ResourcesAmerican Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association American Council of the Blind American Society for Deaf Children Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Epilepsy Foundation First Candle (SIDS) National Center for Learning Disabilities National Child Abuse Hotline National Down Syndrome Society National Easter Seal Society National Health Information Center National Library Service for the Blind and PrintDisabled Library of Congress National Multiple Sclerosis National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Shriner’s Hospital for Children Spina Bifida Hotline Stuttering Foundation Veterans Crisis Line 777777777878787878797979797980808080Senior ServicesArea Agency on Aging Charles Walker Senior Center Frances Fredericks Senior Center Harrison County Senior Resources Agency Long Beach Senior Center Lyman Senior Center Meals on Wheels Moss Point Senior Center MS Access to Care Ocean Springs Senior Center Red Barnett Senior Center Retired Senior Volunteer Program Saucier Prime of Life Center Table of Contents881818282828283838384848484Index
2021 Resource GuideSenior Companion Program State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) Woolmarket Prime of Life Center 858585Substance Abuse / AddictionsCity of Refuge for Men, The Crossroads Recovery Center Fourth Day Ministries Pasco Home, The 86868787Support GroupsAlcoholics Anonymous (South MS Intergroup) Divorce & Grief Recovery Workshop Divorce Care Gamblers Anonymous Hazelden Betty Ford Healing Hearts Support Group Narcotics Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous 8888888989898989TransportationCoast Transit Authority MTM-MS Non-Emergency Transportation Manager 9191Veteran / Military ServicesArmed Forces Retirement Home Biloxi VA Medical Center Biloxi Vet Center Disabled American Veterans Fisher House of Keesler Military OneSource Supportive Services for Veteran Families Veterans Benefit Administration (VBA) Welcome Home Resource Guide IndexSupport Bricks Table of Contents929292939393949494951029Index
Disability ConnectionActivities and EntertainmentName: Biloxi’s Special Needs ProgramBiloxi Parks & Recreation DepartmentOffice Phone: (228) 388 - 7170Website: n/Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: Offers year around activities and eventsfor residents of all ages with mental and physical disabilities. Name: Boy Scouts Of AmericaPine Burr Area CouncilOffice Phone: (601) 582 - 2326Address: 1318 Hardy StreetHattiesburg, MS 39401Website: www.pineburrscouts.orgHours of Operation: Monday - Thursday 8 AM - 5:00 PMFriday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PMAdditional Services: (Service area includes: George, Hancock, Harrison,Jackson, Pearl River and Stone Counties) Name: Boys & Girls Club of Jackson CountyJackson CountyOffice Phone: (228) 762 - 3497Address: 5343 Jefferson Ave., #6Moss Point, MS 39563Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM Table of Contents10Index
2021 Resource GuideEligibility Requirements: Youth age 5-18 years old, residing in JacksonCounty.Free or Reduced Cost Services: Offers a broad range of youthdevelopment programs in 3 core areas; afterschool and summer programs. Name: Boys & Girls Club of Gulf CoastOffice Phone: (228) 868 - 2526Alternate Phone: (228) 896 - 3770Address: 201 Holly CircleGulfport, MS 39501Website: www.bgcgulfcoast.orgHours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMEligibility Requirements: Ages 5-18 years old, residing in Harrison andHancock Counties.Free or Reduced Cost Services: Five Clubs serving Harrison and HancockCounties after school and during the summer. Clubs provide a safe placeto learn and grow; life-enhancing programs and character developmentexperiences; hope and opportunity.Additional Services: Clubs are generally open 2:30pm - 6pm during theschool year and 7:30am - 5:30pm in the summer - Monday - Friday. Name: Christians in CamoOffice Phone: (228) 669 - 2360Website: 47445573/Free or Reduced Cost Services: Provides free deer hunting experiencesfor people with disabilities and terminally ill children. Name: Coastal MississippiMS Gulf Coast Regional Convention & Visitors BureauOffice Phone: (228) 896 - 6699Alternate Phone: (888) 467 - 4853Address: 2350 Beach Blvd., Ste ABiloxi, MS 39531Website: https://coastalmississippi.comHours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: The travel and tourism main office andinformation center for South Mississippi. Table of Contents11Index
Disability ConnectionName: Disability ConnectionEventsOffice Phone: (228) 604 - 4020 (Gulfport)Alternate Phone: (228) 870-7775 (Ocean Springs)Website: www.disabilityconnection.orgFree or Reduced Cost Services: Hosting events and programs for peoplewith disabilities such as: Arbor Day Run/Walk/Roll, Art Ability Fair, “I LoveMy Playground Party”, and Community Resource Fairs. Call to be added toevent e-newsletter, join our social networks, or see our calendar at www.DisabilityConnection.org. Name: Disability Connection Community PlaygroundsAccessible PlaygroundsOffice Phone: (228) 832 - 8620 (Harrison County Parks and Recreation)Alternate Phone: (228) 875 - 4236 (Little Children’s Park Ocean Springs)Address: Bruce Ladner Memorial Park, Hwy. 53, GulfportLittle Children’s Park - 400 Washington Ave., Ocean SpringsWebsite: www.DisabilityConnection.orgFree or Reduced Cost Services: Fully accessible playgrounds designedwith special consideration of children and adults with disabilities. Restroomsand/or pavilions are available during events by prior arrangement. Name: Dream ProgramOffice Phone: (228) 472 - 5054Address: 3827 Bienville Blvd.Ocean Springs, MS 39564Website: www.dreamprogram.netHours of Operation: Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: Provides opportunities for people withdisabilities to participate in organized sports, classroom and social activities.All programs are free to participants and their families and include:basketball, softball, bowling, flag football, music classes, arts and crafts,therapeutic horseback riding, water fitness and swimming classes, socialdinners and dances and floats in Mardi Gras Parades. Name: Girl Scouts Of GreaterOffice Phone: (601) 366 - 0607Alternate Phone: (601) 326 - 4475Address: 1610 25th Ave.Gulfport, MS 39501Mississippi Table of Contents12Index
2021 Resource GuideWebsite: www.gsgms.orgHours of Operation: Tuesday - Thursday 8:30 AM - 5:00 PMEligibility Requirements: Girls, Kindergarten through 12th gradeFree or Reduced Cost Services: Provides leadership development,educational and recreational activities for girls. Name: Little Children’s ParkAccessible PlaygroundOffice Phone: (228) 875 - 8665 (Parks and Recreation)Alternate Phone: (228) 870 - 7775 (Disability Connection)Address: 400 Washington Ave.Ocean Springs, MS 39564Website: itiesFree or Reduced Cost Services: Offers a fully accessible playgrounddesigned with special consideration of children and adults with disabilities.Restrooms and parking available. Name: Lynn Meadows Discovery CenterOffice Phone: (228) 897 - 6039Address: 246 Dolan Ave.Gulfport, MS 39507Website: www.lmdc.orgHours of Operation: Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PMSunday 12:00 PM - 5:00 PMOpen on Mondays during the summerFree or Reduced Cost Services: Sensory Friendly Day: exclusive eventfor children/families with Autism Spectrum Disorders and sensory processingdifferences, to have a fun and interactive learning experience. Free Friday:Last Friday of every month admission is free from 5pm-8pm. Museums ForAll Program for EBT Cardholders: must show EBT Card and valid ID. (Note:EBT cards are not accepted for payment). Call for prices and schedules.Additional Services: Open on Mondays in summer. Name: MS Coast Special Needs Soccer AssociationOffice Phone: (228) 860-3903Website: www.mcsnsa.orgFree or Reduced Cost Services: Fosters physical, mental and emotionalgrowth of Mississippi’s youth with special needs through soccer at all levelsand ability of play. Table of Contents13Index
Disability Connection Name: MS Gulf Coast Buddy SportsOffice Phone: (228) 860 - 9055Address: 23155 Stablewood CirclePass Christian, MS 39571Website: www.msgulfcoastbuddysports.orgHours of Operation: Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: Provides recreational and leisureopportunities free of charge, for youths/adults with intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities and other special needs. Offers Buddy Ballbaseball, Kicking it with Buddies Kickball and Fishing with Buddies. Name: MS Gulf Coast Youth For ChristOffice Phone: (228) 864 - 0788Address: 111 Pass Rd.Gulfport, MS 39507Website: www.coastyfc.comMonday - Saturday 9:00 AM - 6:00 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: Outreach to teens 6th-12th grade.Additional Services: The Xtreme Teen Center is located at: 1501 24thAve., Gulfport, MS 39501 and Thrift Mart located at: 111 East 34th Street,Gulfport, MS 39507. Name: MS Renaissance Garden FoundationOffice Phone: (228) 388 - 2622Website: ce-Garden-Foundation-Inc-283820000712Free or Reduced Cost Services: Offers garden networking and resources,as well as volunteer opportunities in the foundation and Hiller ParkRenaissance Garden in Biloxi. Name: Salvation Army Kroc CenterOffice Phone: (228) 207 - 1218Address: 575 Division StreetBiloxi, MS 39530Website: www.krocmscoast.orgFree or Reduced Cost Services: Offers athletics, aquatics, health andwellness, performing and visual arts, and play care. Table of Contents14Index
2021 Resource Guide Name: Special Olympics MississippiOffice Phone: (601) 856 - 7748Address: 2906 North State Street, Suite 206Jackson, MS 39216Website: http://specialolympicsms.org/Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: Provides year-round sports training andathletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for all children andadults with intellectual disabilities. Table of Contents15Index
Disability ConnectionChildren and FamiliesName: Canopy Children’s SolutionsOffice Phone: (228) 863 - 4992Address: 11975 Seaway Rd.Gulfport, MS 39503Website: https://mycanopy.org/Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: Manages in-CIRCLE, a freecomprehensive home and community based family preservation,reunification, and support service for children; manages MYPAC, whichprovides a Medicaid funded in-home, community based alternative topsychiatric residential treatment for youth with serious emotional challenges. Name: CASA of Hancock CountyOffice Phone: (228) 344 - 0419Address: 412 US 90Bay St. Louis, MS 39520Website: www.casahancockcounty.orgFree or Reduced Cost Services: Provides legal advocates for abused/neglected children. Name: CASA of Harrison CountyOffice Phone: (228) 865 - 7078Address: 47 Maples Drive #BGulfport, MS 39507Website: www.casaharrisoncounty.org Table of Contents16Index
2021 Resource GuideHours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: Provides legal advocates for abused/neglected children in Child Protection Service. Name: CASA of Jackson CountyOffice Phone: (228) 762 - 7370Address: 4903 Telephone Rd.Pascagoula, MS 39567Website: www.jccasa.netHours of Operation: Monday - Thursday 8:00 AM - 5:30 PMFriday 8:00 AM - 3:00 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: Provides legal advocates for abused/neglected children. Name: Child Abuse HotlineMS Department of Child Protective ServicesOffice Phone: (800) 222 - 8000Website: www.mcdcps.ms.govFree or Reduced Cost Services: Anyone having reasonable cause tosuspect that an infant or child under the age of 18 is being neglected,abused or exploited, or child deaths, newborn infants affected by substanceabuse or human trafficking, can report to this statewide toll-free line. It isanswered 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Name: Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOffice Phone: (800) 318 - 2596TTY Phone: (855) 889 - 4325Website: nsurance-program-chip/Free or Reduced Cost Services: CHIP provides low-cost health coverageto children in families that earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid. Name: Family First BrailleOffice Phone: (228) 224 - 2920Address: 11975 Seaway Rd. Suite A-320Gulfport, MS 39503 Table of Contents17Index
Disability ConnectionWebsite: https://ffbraille.com/Free or Reduced Cost Services: Provides resources for people with visualimpairments and their families, custom Braille transcription service and freequarterly magazine. Name: Gulf Coast Family Counseling AgencyOffice Phone: (228) 875 - 6113Address: 509 Jackson Ave.Ocean Springs, MS 39564Website: ss.site/Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 6:00 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: Provides individual, marital and familycounseling on a sliding fee. Name: Harrison County Child Development CenterOffice Phone: (228) 863 - 0583Address: 94 29th StreetGulfport, MS 39507Website: http://harrisonccdc.ss11.sharpschool.com/contact schoolHours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 2:00 PMEligibility Requirements: School District’s referral, evaluation, and testing.Free or Reduced Cost Services: Offers an educational program forchildren who require individualized learning materials and specially trainedteachers. Name: Head StartJackson County Civic Action CommitteeOffice Phone: (228) 769 - 3292Address: 5343 Jefferson StreetMoss Point, MS 39563Website: Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: Priority is given to children withdiagnosed disabilities, homeless families, foster care, children fromhouseholds receiving SSI (Supplemental Security Income), TANF, andincome-eligible families. Table of Contents18Index
2021 Resource GuideName: Head StartMS State University-ExtensionOffice Phone: (228) 224 - 6484Free or Reduced Cost Services: A free educational program thatprepares children ages 3-5 for school readiness, including children withdisabilities. (Three Locations: East Biloxi Head Start (Biloxi), Gaston PointHead Start (Gulfport), Gilbert Mason Head Start (D’Iberville). Name: Hope Haven Children’s Advocacy CenterOffice Phone: (228) 466 - 6395Address: 706 US Hwy 90Waveland, MS 39576Website: https://www.hopehavencac.orgHours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM- 4:00 PMEligibility Requirements: Serves Hancock and Pearl River countiesFree or Reduced Cost Services: Provides workshops on preventing childsexual abuse, conducts forensic interviews for abused/neglected children,Provides assistance to Hancock and Pearl River County families in crisis asfunds permit, Partners in Transition, Helping Hands Program (By ReferralOnly) and Free trauma based counseling.Additional Services: By appointment only. Name: Independent LivingMS Department of Child Protective ServicesOffice Phone: (601) 359 - 4785Website: https://www.mdcps.ms.gov/independent-living/Free or Reduced Cost Services: Provides services to youth ages 14 to 21in the foster care system. The program provides valuable information andinstruction so youth can better achieve positive outcomes as they transitionfrom state care. Name: Interstate Compact for the Placement of ChildrenMS Department of Child Protective ServicesOffice Phone: (601) 359 - 4996Website: placement-of-children/Free or Reduced Cost Services: Assures the safety of children beingplaced across state lines, both those going out of state, as well as thosecoming into the state, and provides out-of-state placement and supervisionfor dependent children. Table of Contents19Index
Disability Connection Name: Kinship Navigator ProgramA Program of Catholic CharitiesOffice Phone: (800) 844 - 8655 (Intake Line)Address: 1450 North StreetGulfport, MS 39507Website: http://smpdd.com/kinship-navigator-program/Free or Reduced Cost Services: Family centered approach that enhancesand improves the connections and dynamics between all family membersthrough supportive services for those caring for loved ones full-timebetween the ages of birth to 18. Name: Make-A-Wish Foundation of MississippiCharteredOffice Phone: (228) 575 - 8691Alternate Phone: (800) 819 - 4072Address: 11975 Seaway Rd. Suite B238Gulfport, MS 39503Website: www.ms.wish.orgHours of Operation: Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PMEligibility Requirements: Between 2 1/2 to 18 years of age.Free or Reduced Cost Services: Granting wishes to children who havebeen diagnosed with a critical illness. Name: March Of Dimes MississippiOffice Phone: (601) 933 - 1071Address: 586 Lakeland East Drive, Suite BFlowood, MS 39232Website: www.marchofdimes.org/mississippiHours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4:30 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: Helps mothers have full term andhealthy babies; provides information and comfort to families. Name: Moore Community HouseEarly Head Start ProgramOffice Phone: (228) 436 - 0633Alternate Phone: (228) 436 - 0881Address: 325 Nixon Street Table of Contents20Index
2021 Resource GuideBiloxi, MS 39530Website: www.moorecommunityhouse.orgHours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PMEligibility Requirements: Low income families with pregnant women,infants, and toddlers up to age 3.Free or Reduced Cost Services: Provides economic security for womenthrough affordable child care and job training, and comprehensive healthand family support services. Name: MS Children’s Home ServicesCanopy Children’s SolutionsOffice Phone: (800) 388 - 6247Address: PO Box 1078Jackson, MS 39215Website: mycanopy.orgHours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: Offers the following: South MS ChildAdvocacy Center-provides free forensic interviews and healing services forchildren living in George, Harrison, Stone and Jackson counties, involvedin allegations of abuse or violent crime; LINK-free service that connectsfamilies in all Coastal counties, to Family Navigators to identify potentialstressors, connect with resources, educate on teen pregnancy, preventionand substance abuse; in-CIRCLE-a free comprehensive home andcommunity-based family preservation, reunification, and support service forchildren; MYPAC-a Medicaid funded in-home, community-based alternativeto psychiatric residential treatment for youth with serious emotionalchallenges. Name: MS Department of Child Protective ServicesOffice Phone: (800) 222 - 8000Website: https://www.mdcps.ms.gov/contact/Free or Reduced Cost Services: Hotline to report child abuse andneglect. Name: MS Gulf Coast YMCAOffice Phone: (228) 875 - 5050Address: 1810 Government StreetOcean Springs, MS 39564Website: www.mgcymca.orgHours of Operation: Monday - Friday 5:00 AM - 8:00 PM Table of Contents21Index
Disability ConnectionSaturday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMSunday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: Ask about special rates and scholarshipopportunities. Name: MS Parent Training & Information CenterOffice Phone: (601) 969 - 0601Website: http://www.mspti.orgEligibility Requirements: Age birth to 26.Free or Reduced Cost Services: Provides families of children withdisabilities information, resources, support and training that allows your childto meet his or her educational goals. Name: South Mississippi SmilesOffice Phone: (228) 206 - 1234Address: 9354 HWY 49 #LGulfport, MS 39503Website: www.smsmiles.comHours of Operation: Monday - Thursday 8 AM - 5:00 PMFriday 8:00 AM - 12:00 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: Kids dentist age 0-19. Also serveschildren with disabilities. Takes all Medicaid insurances. Name: South MS Child Advocacy Center-Harrison CountyCanopy Children’s SolutionsOffice Phone: (228) 868 - 8686Address: 2315 17th StreetGulfport, MS 39501Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: Provides Forensic interviews for childrenwhen there are allegations of felony physical or sexual abuse as well as forchildren who may have witnessed a violent crime. Name: South MS Child Advocacy Center-Jackson CountyCanopy Children’s SolutionsOffice Phone: (228) 868 - 8686Address: 706 Watts Ave. Table of Contents22Index
2021 Resource GuidePascagoula, MS 39567Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMFree or Reduced Cost Services: Provides Forensic interviews for childrenwhen there are allegations of felony physical or sexual abuse as well as forchildren who may have witnessed a violent crime. Name: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)Harrison County Department Of Human ServicesOffice Phone: (228) 897
ALS Association, The 54 Alzheimer's Mississippi 54 American Cancer Society 55 American Heart Association 55 American Lung Association 55 American Stroke Association 55 Bethel Free Clinic 56 Bethesda Free Clinic 56 Catholic Charities of South Mississippi 56 Children's Health Insurance Program 56 Coastal Family Health Center-Bay St. Louis 57
