Partners

Affordable Care Act Partners

Affordable Care Act Partners
Central MS AHEC
clarksdaleinfo.com
Coahoma Community College Workforce Investment Center
Congressman Bennie G. Thompson
Delta Citizens Alliance
Delta Health Partners
Delta Radio
Dr. Frank McCune
Jackson Heart Study
Jackson Medical Mall Foundation
Mississippi Action for Community Education (MACE)
Mississippi Health Advocacy Program (MHAP)
Mississippi State Department of Health Office of Health Disparity Elimination
One-on-One Career Coach
PRIYDE Institute
Southern Bancorp Community Partners
Tougaloo College Owens Health and Wellness Center
Washington County Board of Supervisors
WIN Job Centers
WMPR 90.1

Reducing Health Disparities using Community Health Workers Partners

Brigetta Turner, DDS
City of Leland
Delta Health Center, Inc.
Delta Health Collaborative (Mississippi State Department of Health)
Jackson Pierce Public Affairs/Job Corps
Kosciusko Medical Center
Mercy Delta Express
Mississippi Action for Community Education
Mississippi Public Health Institute
Mississippi State Department of Health Resource Library
National Caucus for Black Aged (NCBA)
New Zion Church
South Delta Regional Housing Authority
Southern Rural Black Women Initiative (Human Rights Agency)
Tougaloo College/Delta Health Partners-Healthy Start Initiative

Delta Health Partners (DHP)

Delta Health Partners, a Healthy Start Project which operates in ten Delta counties. The goal of the project is to reduce infant mortality rates and the attendant problems of teen pregnancy. It is funded by the Health Resources Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Family & Community Violence Program (FCVP)

The Family & Community Violence Program, through the Family Life Center, seeks to address the escalating problem of youth violence, alcohol and drug abuse. This program operates year round serving 45 at-risk youth (ages 9-15) attending Walton Elementary School, and their families, through After-School Violence Prevention Programs, Saturday Family Bonding Activities and Summer Institute Programs.

The Community Health Awareness Coalition (CHAC)

The Community Health Awareness Coalition funds local volunteer groups, at the community level, to do specific activities to increase health and wellness awareness relating to STD/HIV behavioral interventions. This activity is funded by the STD/HIV Division of the Mississippi State Department of Health.

The Center works with existing health care providers and health organizations to provide programs of prevention, fitness, health education and wellness to the residents of our targeted community of 26 of the State’s central and delta counties.

Youth Health Service Corps Partners

Lanier High School
MS Job Corps
Terry High School
Williams Sullivan High School

STEP Partners

University of Mississippi Medical Center
Office of Multicultural Affairs
Mississippi State Department of Health Office of Rural Health and Primary Care

Chronic Disease Self Management Program Partners

MS State Department of Health
Baptist Adult Day Care of Jackson
Jackson Medical Mall – Mall in Motion
Owens Health and Wellness Center