Employment:

National:

Office of Disability Employment Policy, www.dol.gov/odep
What Can You Do Campaign, www.whatcanyoudocampaign.org
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, www.eeoc.gov
U.S. Department of Labor, www.dol.gov
Federal Employment of People with Disabilities, www.opm.gov/disability/
Social Security Ticket to Work Program, www.yourtickettowork.com
Direct Course Online, https://directcourseonline.com/
Youth.gov https://youth.gov

State:

Mississippi Department of Employment Security, www.mdes.ms.gov
Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services, www.mdrs.ms.gov
Mississippi Industries for the Blind, www.msblind.org
Goodwill Industries International, www.goodwill.org

Transportation:

National:

American Public Transportation Association, www.apta.com
U.S. Department of Transportation, www.dot.gov/accessibility

State:

Mississippi Department of Transportation, www.gomdot.com
JTRAN, https://ridejtran.com  
Mississippi Planning Council, www.caremississippi.org
Hinds County Human Resource Agency, www.hchra.org

Housing:

National:

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, www.hud.gov
Habitat for Humanity International, www.habitat.org
Mortgage and Loans, www.mortgageloan.com/disabilities/

State:

Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Housing Task Force,
www.c-c-d.org/rubriques.php?rub=taskforce.php&id_task=8

Quality Assurance:

National:

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, www.aaidd.org
The Arc of the United States, www.thearc.org
Paralyzed Veterans of America, www.pva.org
National Youth Leadership Network, www.nyln.org
Autism NOW, www.autismnow.org

State:

The Arc of Mississippi, www.arcms.org
Together Enhancing Autism Awareness in Mississippi, www.teaam.org
Disability Rights Mississippi, www.drms.ms

Formal/Informal Community Supports:

National:

National Resource Center for Supportive Decision-Making, www.supporteddecisionmaking.org
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, www.hhs.gov
Autism NOW, www.autismnow.org

State:

Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE) of Mississippi, www.lifeofms.com
Disability Rights Mississippi, http://www.drms.ms
Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center, www.adasoutheast.org
The Arc of Mississippi, www.arcms.org
Brain Injury Association of Mississippi/United Spinal Assoc. MS, https://www.msbraininjury.org/
Mississippi Access to Care Network, https://www.mississippiaccesstocare.org/

Education and Early Intervention:

National:

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, http://www.dredf.org/
Center for Parent Information and Resources, www.parentcenterhub.org

State:

Mississippi Department of Education, Special Education, www.mdek12.org/ose
The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies https://www.usm.edu/ids/  
T.K. Martin Center for Technology and Disability, www.tkmartin.msstate.edu
Mississippi School for the Blind, www.msb.k12.ms.us
Mississippi School for the Deaf, www.msd.k12.ms.us
Mississippi Hearing-Vision Project, https://www.usm.edu/education-human-sciences/mississippi-
hearing-vision-project.php
Mississippi Extended Curriculum Frameworks, www.sos.ms.gov/acproposed/00018867b.pdf
Mississippi Advisory Panel on Special Education, http://www.mdek12.org/OSE/AP

Recreation:

National:

Rehabilitation Services Administration, www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/rsa/index.html

State:

Special Olympics Mississippi, www.specialolympicsms.org
Horses for Handicapped, www.horsesforhandicappedms.com
Together Enhancing Autism Awareness in Mississippi, www.teaam.org
The Arc of Mississippi, www.arcms.org
Metro Area Community Empowerment,  https://mace-mississippi.org/about-mace/
The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies  https://www.usm.edu/ids/

Child Care:

National:

Center for Parent Information and Resources, www.parentcenterhub.org

State:

Mississippi Department of Health, Children with Special Health Care Needs, https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/41,0,163.html

Health:

National:

Medline Plus, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/directories.html
Needy Meds, http://www.needymeds.org/
Patient Advocate Foundation on Health Issues, http://www.patientadvocate.org/
Find a Speech/Language Pathologist, http://www.asha.org/profind/
U.S. Government Benefits, www.Benefits.Gov

State:

Mississippi Division of Medicaid, www.medicaid.ms.gov
Mississippi State Department of Health, www.msdh.state.ms.us
Mississippi Health Advocacy Program, www.mhap.org
Together Enhancing Autism Awareness in Mississippi, www.teaam.org
Mississippi Council of the Blind, http://www.mscounciloftheblind.org/
Mississippi Office on Deaf and Hard of Hearing, www.odhh.org
Mississippi Department of Mental Health, www.dmh.ms.gov
Mississippi Department of Mental Health Crisis Line, 1-877-210-8513
Children’s Medical Program Blake Clinic for
Children, www.msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/41,0,163.html
NAMI Mississippi, www.namims.org
Tourette’s Syndrome Association (Mid-South Regional Chapter),
www.tsa-usa.org
Families as Allies of Mississippi for Children’s Mental Health, www.faams.org
Mississippi Access to Care Network, https://www.mississippiaccesstocare.org/

Other Resources:

National:

National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities, www.nacdd.org
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, www.aaidd.org
National Disability Rights Network, www.ndrn.org
Association of University Centers on Disabilities, www.aucd.org
Administration for Children and Families, www.acf.hhs.gov
American Association of People with Disabilities, www.aapd.com
National Organization on Disability, www.nod.org

State:

Mississippi Department of Mental Health, www.dmh.ms.gov
Mississippi Department of Mental Health Crisis Line, 1-877-210-8513
Mississippi Parent Training and Information Center, www.mspti.org
Mississippi Project START, www.msprojectstart.org
Mississippi Community Resource Directory, www.mscrd.org
Mississippi Access to Care Network  https://www.mississippiaccesstocare.org/help-info/programs-services

MSCDD welcomes suggestions on how to improve our RESOURCES page and correct errors. Please e-mail arlandra.lewis@dmh.ms.gov or call 601.359.6238.