If you are a runaway youth, an aged out foster child, or anyone who is impoverished and in need of a helping hand, there are resources that can help you as you learn to navigate life’s challenges. Below is a compilation of resources available in your state.
Canopy
1465 Lakeland DriveJackson, MS 39216
(601) 352-7784
Our non-profit reaches each of Mississippi’s 82 counties in order to provide children with life-changing solutions for autism, behavioral and mental health issues, adoption and foster care, and more.
Programs/Services: Child Advocacy Center, Mental Health, Behavioral Health, Family Reunification, Shelter.
Sally Kate Winters Family Services
801 North Division StreetPost Office Box 1233
West Point, MS 39773
P: 662.494.4867
Sally Kate Winters Family Services Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) program provides shelter and crisis support services for youth ages 12-17 who are identified as homeless and/or runaway. Four shelter beds are available for runaway and homeless youth at all times with two emergency shelter staff on call 24 hours a day and available to address the individual needs of each youth. Shelter and crisis support is provided for up to 21 days with follow up and aftercare services available at the end of shelter stay.
Programs/Services: Emergency Shelter, Children’s Advocacy Center, Transitional Living, Runaway and homeless youth services.
Grace House
2219 Lamar StreetJackson, MS 39202
(601) 353-1038
The Transitional Living program provides a safe, stable, caring, supportive and family style environment for homeless men and women ages 18-older that are living with HIV/AIDS. The program is designed to help prepare residents to cope with their HIV status and transition successfully to independent living and permanent housing. Residents benefit from continuous case management, individual and group therapy, HIV-101 and substance abuse education. The immediate goals are to provide stability and increase skills that will promote success in a permanent housing placement.
Programs/Services: HIV/AIDS Specific services, housing, supportive services.
Doors of Hope Transition Ministry
924 Van Buren Ave.Oxford, MS 38655
(662) 234. 1100
Doors of Hope helps families through financial crises. We work with families who are currently homeless and families who are at imminent risk of losing their homes. We provide support for our clients through our programs.
Programs/Services: Transitional Housing, financial housing assistance, healthy lifestyle program.
Mississippi United to End Homelessness
MUTEH’s mission is to find, engage, serve, and advocate for the homeless in the state of Mississippi while providing supportive housing services. They promote affordable housing development. Their primary objective is to transition homeless individuals into stable housing while also integrating and connecting them into the community. They provide help to those who need healthy housing, to those who need help with mental health, for those who need food assistance, and more.
Youth Villages
Youth Villages provides help for children and young people who are struggling with a range of emotional, mental, and behavioral problems. They work to find solutions using proven treatments that will strengthen the young person’s family and support system and improve their long-term success. They provide residential treatment, intensive in-home treatment, YVLifeSet (which helps those who are at-risk after leaving foster care, juvenile justice, and mental health programs for anywhere from 6 to 12 months), foster care and adoption, and specialized crisis services and crisis support.
Southern Christian Services
Southern Christian Services for children and youth have a variety of services, including their P.A.L.S transitional living program for those who are 18 to 23. This program helps homeless young men and women become self-sufficient, contributing members of our society. They also offer other services to those who need it, including trauma counseling and therapeutic group homes.