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Contacts

Independent Living Program Coordinator
Mario Johnson
phone: 601-359-4983
email: mario.johnson@mdhs.state.ms.us
Bobbye Cole
phone: (601) 359-4755
email: bcole@mdhs.state.ms.us
Mississippi Division of Children's Services Website

What’s New @ Mississippi

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Jamare Reed

Congratulations to Jamare Reed!
20 years old, Mississippi
2009 Outstanding Young Leader

Read the National Press Release announcing FosterClub's 100 Outstanding Young Leaders

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Education and Training Voucher

You may be eligible for funding of up to $5000 per year while you are in college or a vocational or technical training program!
You may qualify if:

1. You are 18, 19 or 20 years old.

2. You are in foster care or you were in foster care as a teenager and you are a US citizen or qualified non-citizen

Additional Resources

Websites of interest:
Mississippi Department of Human Services Division of Family and Children Services page

National Child Welfare Resource Center for Youth Development's Mississippi State Facts Page

Independent Living Coordinator

Bobbye Cole
Independent Living Program Coordinator
750 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39202
Phone: (601) 359-4755
Fax: (601) 359-2570
Email: bcole@mdhs.state.ms.us

Statistics

There are
3,269 children in foster care in the state of Mississippi.


Who are Mississippi's children waiting in the foster care system?

3,269 children in foster care
35.2% of foster children are between ages of 0 and 5
31.5% of foster children are between ages of 6 and 12

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