MISSISSIPPI
(Last updated 04/14/03))
Gautier
Singing River Services
3407 Shamrock Road
Gautier, MS 39553-5337
Jackson
Deaf Service Center
1253 Eastover Drive
Jackson, MS 39211
County of Hinds
(601) 984-8105 (Voice/TTY)
Bobby Annis
Host Institution: Mississippi School for the Deaf
Year Established: 1994
Ownership: State/Local Government Grant Program
Number of Staff: 3 Full-time; 1 Deaf; 3 American Sign
Language Skilled
Interpreters: 1 Full-time
Services Offered: Information/Referral
Mississippi Baptist
Chemical Dependency Center
1225 N State Street
Jackson, MS 39202-2002
County of Hinds
(601) 968-1102 (Voice)
(800) 962-6868 (Voice/TTY) in state
(601) 973-1542 (FAX)
Mignonne Tadlock (Deaf)
Joanne Hartwig, Director
Host Institution: Mississippi Baptist Medical Center
Ownership: Private Nonprofit
Number of Staff: Total 62; 1 American Sign Language Skilled
Interpreters: Contractual
Services Offered: Alcoholism; Drug Abuse; Information/Referral;
Prevention/Education; Assessment/Intake; Detox; Inpatient; Outpatient Treatment;
Family Programs; Aftercare
Interpreted AA Meetings: In-house; In Area; When deaf
participant interested, one meeting in Sign Language weekly (not interpreted)
Special Devices for the Deaf: Closed Captioning; TTYs
Number of Deaf Clients Served: 2 in the Past 6 Months;
3 in the Past Year
Ages of Clients Served: All Ages
Populations Served: Native American; Women; DWI; HIV Positive
People; People with AIDS; Deaf
Financial Arrangements: Self-pay; Medicaid; Medicare;
Private Insurance
Mississippi Department of Mental Health
Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
1101 Robert E. Lee Building
239 North Lamar Street
Jackson, MS 39201
(601) 359-1288 (Voice), (601) 359-6230 (TTY)
(601) 359-6295 (FAX)
Anna Taylor
This is the designated state authority for alcohol and drug abuse.
Deaf clients are referred to programs in their area with interpreter support
on a one-by-one basis. These individuals should contact the regional
mental health center that serves the county in which they reside.
A list of these centers and their service areas follows:
REGION 1
Coahoma, Quitman,
Tallahatchie, Tunica
Region One Mental Health Center
1742 Cheryl Street
P O Box 1046
Clarksdale, MS 38614
(601) 627-7267
Newton B Dodson, Executive Director
REGION 2
Calhoun, DeSoto, Lafayette,
Marshall, Panola, Tate, Yalobusha
Communicare
1908 Highway 7 ByPass South
Oxford, MS 38655
(601) 234-7521
Michael D Roberts, PhD, Executive Director
REGION 3
Benton, Chickawaw, Itawamba,
Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union
Region III Mental Health Center
2434 Aison Blvd.
Tupelo, MS 38804
(601) 844-1717
REGION 4
Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo
Timber Hills Mental Health Services
601 Foote Street
P O Box 839
Corinth, MS 38834
(601) 287-4424
Paul Hunninen, Program Administrator
REGION 5
Bolivar, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington
Delta Community Mental Health Services
1654 East Union Street
P O Box 5365
Greenville, MS 38704-5365
(601) 335-5274
Gilbert S Macvaugh, Jr, PhD, Director
REGION 6
Attaia, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower
Life Help
Old Browning Road
P O Box 1505
Greenwood, MS 38930
(601) 453-6211
Joe Downing, Executive Director
REGION 7
Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston
Community Counseling Services
302 North Jackson Street
P O Box 1188
Starkville, MS 39759
(601) 323-9261
Jackie Edwards, Executive Director
REGION 8
Copiah, Madison, Rankin, Simpson
Region 8 Mental Health Services
Administrative Office
105 Office Park Drive
(601) 824-0342
Service Office
104 Service Drive
P O Box 88
Brandon, MS 39043
(601) 825-8800
T E Cotten, Jr, Acting Executive Director
REGION 9
Hinds
Jackson Mental Health Center
969 Lakeland Drive
St. Dominic/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Jackson, MS 39216
(601) 364-6103
Margaret L Harris, Director
REGION 10
Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott, Smith
Weems Community Mental Health Center
1415 College Road
P O Box 4378
Meridian, MS 39304
(601) 483-4821
Emry Kennedy, Executive Director
REGION 11
Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Pike, Walthall,
Wilkinson
Southwest Mississippi Mental Health Complex
1701 White Street
P O Box 768
McComb, MS 39648
(601) 684-2173
William Hogan, Executive Director
REGION 12
Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion, Perry, Wayne
Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources
103 South 19th Avenue
P O Box 1030
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
(601) 544-4641
Charles Main, PhD, Executive Director
REGION 13
Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River, Stone
Gulf Coast Mental Health Center
1600 Broad Avenue
Gulfport, MS 39501-3603
(601) 863-1132
Jeffrey L Bennett, Executive Director
REGION 15
Warren, Yazoo
Warren-Yazoo Mental Health Service
3444 Wisconsin Avenue
P O Box 820691
Vicksburg, MS 39182
(601) 638-0031
Steve Roark, Executive Director
This program has been developed in the course of an agreement among the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), Rochester Institute of Technology, and the Monroe County Department of Mental Health. Copying is freely allowed so long as credit is given and the copies are not sold.
