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Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) - provides financial assistance to eligible households to help pay the cost of home energy bills and other energy related services.
Adams Jefferson Family Care Community Action Agency
AJFC Community Action Agency provides a range of support services to help low-income individuals and families achieve stability and self-sufficiency. Their services include utility and housing assistance, employment and education support, free tax preparation, weatherization, case management, and access to essential resources like food, transportation, and financial assistance.
Address: 8 Feltus St., Natchez, MS 39120
Hours:
Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Phone Number: 601-442-8681
Aiming for Healthy Families, Inc.
Our mission is to offer comprehensive relationship skills and tobacco prevention programs across the region, empowering families to lead improved lives. By delivering information and training, we aim to foster healthier decisions for youth and their families. Equipping them with essential tools, we strive to address various challenges linked with high-risk behaviors, including teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, substance abuse, tobacco and alcohol use, violence, and school dropout rates.
Address: 609 N Filmore Street, Corinth, MS 38834
Email: tbarber@aiming4hf.org
Phone Number: 662-284-9930
Bolivar County Community Action Agency, Inc.
BCCAA provides a variety of services ranging from preschool childcare to a senior companion program; from a transitional and homeless shelter to a Homeless Prevention Rapid Re-housing Program; from an adolescent opportunity program to a general education diploma program; from utility/rental assistance to education assistance.
Address: 190 N Martin Luther King Drive, Cleveland, MS 38732
Phone Number: 662-846-1491
Child Care Payment Program - Mississippi Department of Human Services
Child Care Payment Program (CCPP) is designed to provide qualifying parents and guardians with child care tuition assistance. Parents may choose any type of child care while participating in the program.
Address: 200 South Lamar St., Jackson, MS 39201
Child Support - Mississippi Department of Human Services
Children benefit when they are supported by both parents. The Child Support Program helps fathers establish paternity, and assists custodial parents by working to ensure they receive regular, dependable, financial and medical support for their children. YoungWilliams is contracted to operate Mississippi's Child Support program on behalf of the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS).
Phone Number: 877-882-4916
Community Services - Mississippi Department of Human Services
Community Action Agencies throughout the state provide a wide range of community services, including utility assistance, mortgage and rental assistance, and help paying for education and training.
Covered Services - Mississippi Division of Medicaid
Medicaid will provide transportation assistance to eligible persons for travel to medical appointments when there are no other means of getting to and/or from the appointment.
Address: 550 High Street, Suite 1000, Jackson, MS 39201
Creating Housing Options in Communities for Everyone (CHOICE) Program
CHOICE provides rental assistance to make housing affordable for individuals with serious mental illness. Community Mental Health Centers provide services appropriate to the individual based on their individual needs.
Email: choice.referral@mshc.com
Phone Number: 228-604-2048
Doors of Hope Transition Ministries
Doors of Hope Transition Ministries helps families through financial crises. We work with families who are currently homeless and with families who are at imminent risk of losing their home, offering emergency financial assistance with rent or utilities, financial literacy/budgeting programs, and continuing education.
Address: 924 Van Buren Ave., Oxford, MS 38655
Phone Number: 662-234-1100
Harrison County Department of Human Services
The Harrison County Department of Human Services provides many services to people in need such as:
- Providing income support
- Administering food assistance programs (SNAP)
- Helping establish paternity tests
- Enforcing/modifying child support orders
- Providing foster care services
Facilitating adoptions
Address: 10260 Larkin Smith Dr, Gulfport, MS 39503
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Phone Number: 228-897-5600
Additional Phone Numbers:
(601) 359-4500
Hope Enterprise Corporation
Hope Enterprise Corporation (HEC) is a community development financial institution (CDFI) dedicated to strengthening communities, building assets, and improving lives in under-resourced communities throughout Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
Address: 4 Old River Place, Jackson, MS 39202
Phone Number: (601) 944-1100
Manna Ministries Inc
Mana Ministries provides free healthcare and dental services to uninsured adults and children. They also provide after school tutoring and family advocacy services. The Family Advocacy Program offers a range of familial assistance such as: substance abuse treatment, rental assistance, parenting classes, to items such as beds, car seats, and diapers.
Address: 120 Street A, Picayune, MS 39466
Email: jameye@mannaministry.net
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Phone Number: 601-799-2121
Mid-State Opportunity, Inc. (Olive Branch)
Mid-State Opportunity is a community action agency to fight poverty in NW Mississippi. Some of their services include:
- LIHEAP / Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program - Helps pay for utilies
- Out-Of-School SELECT Program - Provides work experience and employability skills
- Summer Youth Employment Program - Helps people find work
- Desoto Garbage Waiver Program - Allows low income families to waive their garbage fee
- CSBG / Community Services Block Grant Funded Programming - Helps pay for all basic necessities and provides financial education
Address: 9607 MS-178, Olive Branch, MS 38654
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Phone Number: 662-895-4153
Mid-State Opportunity, Inc. (Senatobia)
Mid-State Opportunity is a community action agency to fight poverty in NW Mississippi. Some of their services include:
- LIHEAP / Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program - Helps pay for utilies
- Out-Of-School SELECT Program - Provides work experience and employability skills
- Summer Youth Employment Program - Helps people find work
- Desoto Garbage Waiver Program - Allows low income families to waive their garbage fee
- CSBG / Community Services Block Grant Funded Programming - Helps pay for all basic necessities and provides financial education
Address: 100 Scotsdale St, Senatobia, MS 38668
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Phone Number: (662) 562-7733
Mission First Legal Aid Office
The Mission First Legal Aid Office provides civil legal assistance to individuals who are unable to afford a private attorney.
Address: 858 North Street, Jackson, MS 39202
Email: sshannon@missionfirst.org
Phone Number: 601-608-0056
Mississippi Department of Employment Security
The Mississippi Department of Employment Security connects Mississippians with employment opportunities, offers job training, and administers the unemployment benefits program.
Address: 1235 Echelon Parkway, Jackson, MS 39213
Phone Number: 601-321-6000
Mississippi Faith Based Coalition
MSFBC provides housing education, budget counseling, homeownership workshops, community outreach programs, and other resources designed to help individuals and families achieve stability and self-sufficiency.
Address: 1750 Bobby Rush Blvd #200, Jackson, MS 39204
Phone Number: 601-346-7503
Mississippi Financial Aid
Mississippi provides financial aid for students to go to college.
Mississippi Home Corporation
Mississippi Home Corporation helps Mississippians finance an affordable home and helps renters find affordable rental units.
Address: 735 Riverside Dr, Jackson, MS 39202
Phone Number: 601-718-4642
One, Big, Beautiful Bill: How to take advantage of no tax on tips and overtime
Employees and self-employed individuals may deduct qualified tips received in certain qualified occupations, such as wait staff, bartenders, salon workers, personal trainers, gig economy workers, and many more who customarily and regularly receive tips might qualify.
Individuals who receive qualified overtime compensation may deduct the pay that exceeds their regular rate of pay, generally, the “half” portion of “time-and-a-half” compensation, that’s required by the Fair Labor Standards Act and reported on a Form W-2, Form 1099, or other specified statement furnished to the individual.
Oxford Housing Authority
The Oxford Housing Authority provides low income families safe affordable rental housing in Oxford. They also provide rent subsidies to private landlords on behalf of low-income families in Oxford.
Address: 900 Molly Barr Rd, Oxford, MS 38655
Email: karla@oxfordhousing.org
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Phone Number: 662-234-7524
Additional Phone Numbers:
Fax: 662-236-3319
Pearl River Valley Opportunity, Inc.
Pearl River Valley Opportunity is a community action agency to fight poverty in SE Mississippi. To fight poverty, PRVO establishes partnerships to assist eligible customers and businesses in MS in obtaining independence and economic mobility. Some of PRVO's services include: assistance paying rent, assistance paying for groceries, assistance paying energy bill, assistance paying medical care and prescription (for the uninsured), head start/early head start enrollment, and more.
Pearl River Valley Opportunity serves Covington, Forrest, Greene, Hancock, Jefferson Davis,, Jones, Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Perry, and Stone county. See here: Contact – Pearl River Valley Opportunity INC for each counties contact information.
Address: 756 US-98 E, Columbia, MS 39429
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Phone Number: 601-736-9564
Renaissance Community Loan Fund
Renaissance Community Loan Fund is on a mission to empower people with the skills, information, and lending services they need to become successful home and business owners. RCLF offers home and business loans with a dedicated team of housing counselors and business coaches to help clients along their journey to home or business ownership. We are dedicated to helping residents in Mississippi and Alabama turn their dreams into reality!
Address: 8917 Lorraine Road, Gulfport, MS 39503
Phone Number: 228-896-3386
Residential Family Program - Baptist Children's Village
The Resident Family Program provides comprehensive support services based on Christian values to single mothers and their children during times of crisis. A Christ-centered group-living setting is provided with resident staff supervision who assist them with transition into independent living. Staff model appropriate living skills to help create a healing and health environment conducive to growth for the mother and her family as she works towards self-sufficiency.
Phone Number: 601-952-2422
Sacred Heart Southern Missions Ministry of Tate County
Sacred Heart Southern Missions provides direct aid through food pantries, clothing, gasoline, rent and utilities assistance, offers assistance for families applying for state and federal benefits,and offers GED diploma classes, parenting classes and adult continuing education classes.
Address: 6050 Hwy 161, Walls, MS 38680
Email: comments@shsm.org
Phone Number: 800-232-9079
SNAP - Mississippi Department of Human Services
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides monthly benefits that help low-income households buy food. A list of county offices is available at https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/local-mdhs-offices/.
Phone Number: 800-948-3050
Stewpot
Stewpot Services including a community kitchen, food pantry, Meals on Wheels, an emergency shelter for homeless women and children and the Housing Assistance program that helps people move from homelessness into stable housing by providing short-term rental subsidies.
Address: 1100 W. Capitol St, Jackson, MS 39203
Email: info@stewpot.org
Phone Number: (601) 353-2759
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) - Mississippi Department of Human Services
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program provides cash assistance and services to families with children under the age of 18. TANF allows parents and guardians to find jobs and job training while meeting the family’s most basic needs. A list of county offices is available at https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/local-mdhs-offices/.
Phone Number: 800-948-3050
The Baptist Children's Village
The Baptist Children's Village In-Home Program helps families in obtaining community services such as health care, education, and child care and offers classes on parenting, financial planning and nutrition. Visit here to view list of locations https://www.baptistchildrensvillage.com/locations.
Phone Number: 601-952-2422
The Housing Choice Voucher
The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program is the federal government’s major program for providing housing assistance to over 2.3 million American families. For more information and to apply, contact local public housing agency at https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/PIH/documents/.
Together We Care
Together We Care is a nonprofit service organization in Jackson Mississippi. They do a variety of services throughout the year, some recent and upcoming events (as of June 2026) include: back-to-school giveaways, grant writing workshops, a fiscal sponsorship program, a utility assistance program, and more. They aim to provide essential resources, emergency support, and pathways to stability for individuals and families in need.
Address: 1207 N West St, Jackson, MS 39202
Email: Advocating4You@outlook.com
Hours:
Tuesday - Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Phone Number: 769-218-0292
Trump Accounts
The Trump Accounts make it easier than ever to begin saving for your child’s financial future. Every American child born between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2028, receives $1,000 from the U.S. Treasury to start their Trump Account, and account balances grow over time, with or without contribution. While these accounts are in your child’s name, you are the sole custodian until they turn 18, upon which the account becomes fully theirs to use. And thanks to the generosity of Michael and Susan Dell, $250 will be put into the accounts of children aged 10 and younger who reside in ZIP codes with a median family income of $150,000 or less and who are not eligible for the initial $1,000.
United Way of Washington County
United Way of Washington County is a nonprofit organization that fights for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in Washington County. They provide wellness programs, housing support, prescription medication assistance, and after school tutoring.
Address: 800 Main St Suite #3, Greenville, MS 38701
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Phone Number: 662-332-5371
USDA Rural Development (Belzoni)
USDA Rural Development offers information and programs to assist rural residents, businesses, and communities in long-term recovery planning after disasters. USDA RD can help rural communities obtain technical assistance and financing to develop drinking water. USDA RD provides funds to expand high-speed internet access for rural people.
Address: 304 W Jackson St, Belzoni, MS 39038
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Phone Number: 662-247-2984
USDA Rural Development (Jackson)
USDA Rural Development offers information and programs to assist rural residents, businesses, and communities in long-term recovery planning after disasters. USDA RD can help rural communities obtain technical assistance and financing to develop drinking water. USDA RD provides funds to expand high-speed internet access for rural people.
Address: 100 W Capitol St 831, Jackson, MS 39269
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Phone Number: 601-965-4316