Children and Youth Community Special Programs

System of Care Project - Pine Belt Mental Healthcare and Mississippi Families As Allies operate a program, community cares, that provides wraparound services to youth and their families in Forrest, Lamar, and Marion Counties . For more information, go to http://www.pbmhr.com/children_and_adolescent_services.html or http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/ChildrensCampaign/grantcomm.asp

MYPAC ( Mississippi Youth Programs Around-the-Clock) - MYPAC is a home and community-based Medicaid waiver program that provides an array of services for youth with SED. It is a program that provides alternate services to traditional Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF) and is administered by the Division of Medicaid, Bureau of Mental health Programs. For more information, call 1-800-421-2408. http://www.dom.state.ms.us/MentalHealth/mentalhealth.html

MAP (Making a Plan) Teams - These are multidisciplinary local teams that review cases concerning children and youth who have SED and who are at immediate risk for an inappropriate 24 hour institutional placement. The members of these teams meet on a monthly basis to identify community-based services and resources that may divert children from inappropriate inpatient care. For a listing of MAP teams, see the Children and Youth Services Directory.