Youth
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Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students
"We are all here to learn with our peers. Let us celebrate our similarities and our differences. Let us respect other cultures, religions, and languages. At our beginning, many were given little chance but due to the people in our lives, we find ourselves in a wonderful place with wonderful people. Let us flourish in our learning, find joy in our experiences and remember our friends and knowledge we gained at Space Camp." -- Dan Oates -
Mississippi BUDS (beginnings determine success)
To make sure that Mississippi children have an emotionally healthy beginning by supporting them, their families and their communities. -
Central Mississippi Prevention Services
To provide powerful and effective science-based prevention services to youths ages 5-17 through homework assistance, tutoring, and after school programs and summer camp activities utilizing certified teachers and youth counselors, licensed case managers and masters level therapists. -
Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center works to reform juvenile justice and education in Mississippi. The organization seeks reform through public education, community organizing, litigation, legislative advocacy, training and technical assistance. -
Hope Haven Children’s Services
Hope Haven is a non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for victims of childhood trauma and abuse. It is our mission to be a haven of recovery and a path to justice for children and their families. -
Central Mississippi Down Syndrome Society
Opening Hearts....Changing Minds....
The Central Mississippi Down Syndrome Society (CMDSS) was established in July 2003. A very active group of parents have united together to share ideas, offer emotional support, provide educational information, and to actively promote a positive image of people with Down syndrome in our community. -
Fatherless & Widows
Pray, Listen, Respond in Love
Increasing awareness of the biblical importance of caring for fatherless and widows. -
Boys & Girls Club of the Gulf Coast
Great Futures Start Here.
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast works to save and change the lives of children and teens, especially those who need us most, by providing a safe, positive, and engaging environment and programs that prepare and inspire them to achieve -
Pink Heart Funds
Inspire.Encourage.Restore Hope
Launched in 2005, Pink Heart Funds is a non-profit, 501c3 charity that provides cranial prosthetics (wigs) for children and adults with hair loss disorders, including those receiving cancer treatments. Pink Heart Funds also provides women with free breast prosthetics and post-mastectomy bras as well as a resource for those seeking support or advice -
Will’s Way Pediatric Behavioral Psychology-Gulf Coast
Pediatric Behavioral Psychology
Our mission is to provide behavioral solutions for at-risk children and their families throughout the state of Mississippi. -
Will’s Way Pediatric Behavioral Psychology-Hattiesburg
Pediatric Behavioral Psychology
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Volunteers in Medicine Gautier
Meeting the Free Healthcare Needs for Residents of George and Jackson Counties
OUR MISSION...To understand and serve the health and wellness needs of the medically under-served and their households, who live or work in the coastal towns of George and Jackson Counties, MS. -
ARC of the Gulf Coast
Achieve With Us
The Arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes. -
Mississippi Hearing -Vision Project
Deaf-Blind
The overall mission of the Mississippi Hearing-Vision Project is to provide technical assistance to families and services providers of children/young adults with hearing-vision challenges, also referred to as deaf-blindness. -
Child Abuse Prevention Center
Our mission is to deliver life-changing programs to assist individuals in crisis by providing them the tools and support necessary to end the generational cycle of trauma, including the prevention of child abuse and neglect, through early intervention and mental health services.Throughout the United States, a report of child abuse is made every ten seconds. Child abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education.Many times, physical abuse is a result of excessive discipline or physical punishment that is inappropriate for the child’s age, often when a parent loses control. Child abuse and neglect is 100 percent preventable; we all share in the responsibility to help keep kids safe.