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LIFE of Mississippi (Living Independence For Everyone)

Organization: Disabled Services
Facility Type: Info/Hotline
Status: Open

Address:
State Office:
1304 Vine Street
Jackson, MS 39202

Region:Statewide
County/Parish:Hinds



Main/General Business Number: (228) 435-5433
Website: http://www.lifeofms.com/index.php

Management Contact: (hidden)

Mission: The purpose of Living Independence For Everyone is to empower people with significant disabilities to be as independent and as fully involved in their communities as they can and want to be.


Areas Served: Yazoo, Madison, Warren, Hinds, Rankin, Claiborne, Copiah & Simpson Counties in MS



This organization provides Temporary or Permanent Service? Temporary

Notes:

Assists disabled with peer support, information, skills training, equipment and other services

All LIFE offices are:

Consumer-Controlled
(directed by people with severe disabilities through consumer Boards and staffs);

Cross-Disability
(not limited to any one or more disability groups);

Community-Based
(providing services in the community); and

Nonresidential
(focused on noninstitutional settings).

WHAT WE DO:

Supplying information and referral services to allow sufficient access and utilization of available assistance;

Furnishing peer support and guidance to encourage, establish and maintain independent living attitudes and philosophies;

Rendering advocacy and self-advocacy support on an individual or systems-wide basis;

Providing skills training instruction in an array of areas to improve specific independent living abilities and competencies;

Assisting individuals with disabilities in their efforts to transition successfully from institutions back into their own homes and communities and preventing the institutional placement of people with disabilities.

Providing or coordinating equipment or supplies, modifications or other services that improve an individuals capacity to live independently

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•State Office - (601) 969-4009 or 1-800-748-9398
Counties Served
•Yazoo, •Issaquena, •Sharkey, •Madison, •Warren, •Hinds, •Rankin, •Leake, •Neshoba, •Winston, •Kemper, •Lauderdale, •Newton, •Scott

•Tupelo Office - (662) 844-6633
Counties Served
Benton, Alcorn, Tishomingo, Tippah, Prentiss, Pontotoc, Lee, Ittawamba, Chickasaw, Monroe, Clay, Oktibbeha,
Lowndes, DeSoto, Tate, Marshall, Lafayette, Benton, Noxubee

•Greenwood Office - (662) 453-9940
Counties Served
•Bolivar, •Washington, •Sunflower, •Leflore, •Grenada, •Montgomery, •Carrol, •Holmes, •Humphreys, •Tallahatchie
•Tunica, •Coahoma, •Quitman, •Panola, •Yalobusha, •Tallahatchie, •Attala

•Hattiesburg Office - (601) 583-2108
Counties Served
•Jefferson Davis, •Covington, •Jones, •Wayne, •Marion, •Lamar, •Forrest, •Perry, •Greene, •Smith, •Jasper, •Clarke

•McComb Office - (601) 684-3079
Counties Served
•Jefferson, •Adams, •Franklin, •Lincoln, •Lawrence, •Wilkinson, •Amite, •Pike, •Walthall, •Claiborne, •Copiah, •Simpson

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•Biloxi Office - (228) 435-5433
188C Main Street
Counties Served
•Pearl River, •Stone, •George, •Jackson, •Harrison, •Hancock

Bobbie Singletary
We will start Disaster Trainings and Disability Etiquette
Trainings again in the near future, as well as, Community Outreach.

My new email address is: bsingletary.life@ gmail.com

See you in the community!

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Info Source/Changes:
corrected to statewide, added other contacts & counties covered, added avails
(see full history)

Created At: Sun Sep 30 18:54:37 +0000 2007
Updated At: Tue May 18 22:08:05 +0000 2010
Updated By: DNug


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