Mississippi
Service Region A
Counties served: Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Grenada,
Holmes, Lafayette, Leflore, Marshall, Montgomery, Panola, Quitman,
Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tunica, Union, Washington,
Yalobusha
Service Region A Lead Contact
Delta Health Alliance
The Delta Health Alliance in collaboration with 4 partnering organizations will
institute a diabetes care network and provide practice management technical
assistance services through its TEAM (Training, Education, Access and Management)
Sugar-Free.
Contact person: Karen Fox
Phone: 662-686-3520
Fax: 662-686-3522
E-mail: kfox@deltahhealthalliance.org
Mailing
Address:
PO Box 277
Stoneville, MS 38776-0277
Web site: http://www.deltahealthalliance.org
Service Region B
Counties served: Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Franklin,
Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln,
Marion, Pike, Sharkey, Simpson, Walthall, Warren, Wilkinson, Yazoo
Service Region B Lead Contact
Jefferson Comprehensive Health Center, Inc.
The Center serves as the lead agency of the Southern Mississippi SHINE Project
and addresses chronic health diseases, teen pregnancy, substance abuse and
access to pharmaceutical drugs among the medically indigent.
Contact person: Shirley Ellis
Phone: 601-786-3475
Fax: 601-786-9980
E-mail: sellis2020@aol.com
Mailing Address:
225 Community Drive
Fayette, MS 39069-0001
Additional Mississippi Contacts
State and County Data
Mississippi
Counties
Success Stories
- Delta Community Partners in Care
Delta Community Partners in Care (DCPIC) is a coalition of partners serving a rural area in the Mississippi Delta region of northwest Mississippi. Its target population is the uninsured or underinsured who have a diagnosis of diabetes, hypertension, or both.
- Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker Program
The Vanderbilt Center for Health Services’ Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) program provides early intervention services to low income families in Nashville as well as other urban and rural areas in Appalachia and the Mississippi delta, including Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
- MS Shine Teen Health Network
A four county collaboration in Mississippi working to improve teen health and well-being in their communities.
Funding Programs
Mississippi Funding
