Mississippi Children’s Home Services Launches
Campaign to Document History

For nearly 100 years Mississippi Children’s Home Services has worked to build healthy homes for children in need. In 2012 we will celebrate our centennial and plan to document our history with a book and several events across the state. To facilitate this documentation, through the stories of the children and families we have served, we have created a special e-mail address, mystory@mchscares.org. This e-mail address was created specifically so we can begin the process of reconnecting with the children and families served by MCHS over the years.

So please help us document our history. If you were adopted or adopted a child through MCHS or participated in any of our programs (listed below) over the years click the “mystory” link and tell us your story. We look forward to hearing from you.

Programs:
MCHS has offered numerous programs over the years including The Crestview- Crittenton Maternity Home, an infant daycare center, The Mother/Child Center For Mothers With Infants, The Katie McWillie Powers Group Home for Adolescent Girls, the Gulf Coast Boys Home and The Bacot Home.

The ARK (Addicted-Rehabilitated Kids) a Residential Treatment Center for chemically dependent youth, the CARES Center a child and adolescent psychiatric residential treatment facility the Warren County Children’s Shelter, The South Mississippi Children’s Center in Hattiesburg and Therapeutic Foster Care were all created to respond to specific needs across Mississippi.

Speak UP Speak Out educated the community about child sexual abuse and child exploitation. The Family Service Association provided family counseling and The R.A.P. (Responsibility, Awareness, Prevention) Team Program created peer to peer interaction.

The Families for Kids Initiative was designed to increase permanency for children in the foster system, while Consumer Credit Counseling Service assisted families in crisis, a leading cause of family stress.

Additionally, Community-Based Programs such as the Intensive In-home Services Program, The Family Preservation Services Program, Mississippi Youth Programs Around the Clock (MYPAC), and Comprehensive Family Support Services Program (CFSSP) extended the reach of MCHS into all Mississippi counties.

School day programs in Jackson, Hattiesburg and Gulfport, along with school-based MaxEd Programs, Behavioral Vital Signs (BVS) and most recently the Mississippi Center for Behavioral Sciences are designed to support individuals with emotional, behavioral, developmental and academic concerns.