Noah Wyle, star of the top-rated television drama ER, is serving as the national spokesperson for Cover the Uninsured Week 2004.

Important Mississippi Numbers & Web sites

Medicaid/CHIP............................1-877-KIDS-NOW

Division of Medicaid............www.dom.state.ms.us

BCBS CHIP Customer Service....1-877-870-3110

ACS (Fiscal agent for Medicaid)..1-800-884-3222

Children's Health Matters....601-355-8634 ext. 107

Community Health Centers in Mississippi

DHS Hotline.....................................1-800-948-3050

Dept. of Health.................................1-800-489-7670
- School Health Program....................601-576-7781
- Immunization......................................601-576-7751
- Children's Medical Program.........1-800-844-0898
................................in Jackson.............601-987-3965

Vital Records........................................601-576-7981

Department of Mental Health
HELP LINE..........................................1-877-210-8513
(Regional Community Mental Health Centers statewide)

Department of Finance & Administration Web site for CHIP links

Department of Education
Office of Innovative Support.................601-359-3499
School Health Coordinator..................601-359-3499
Free and Reduced Lunch Program....601-354-7015

Division of Aging & Adult Services

Healthcare in Mississippi - official state Web site

Men's Health Initiative in the Mississippi Delta
The Mississippi Men’s Health Initiative, a program of the National Center for Primary Care at the Morehouse School of Medicine, examined data from four counties in Mississippi: Coahoma, Tallahatchie, Tunica and Quitman. They noted several common threads woven through those areas, such as common causes of death, uninsured or underinsured, level of education, poverty rates and the number of physicians serving the populations of each county. For men, the insurance and health issues are of greater consequence than for women.

Mississippi Access to Care - A statewide initiative to identify services currently available to persons with disabilities and to develop a plan for assuring that all Mississippi residents have access to appropriate services in the most integrated setting .

Mississippi Breast & Cervical
Cancer Program
.................................1-800-721-7222
(Free health screenings for uninsured women over 45 and some services
offered to uninsured ages 18-44 who have undergone tubal ligation or hysterectomy.)

Mississippi Children's Health Matters - Includes resources for health care, alcohol and drug rehab, adoption and maternity services, and children's mental health services.

Mississippi Comprehensive Health
Insurance Risk Pool Association
.........601-899-9967
..............................................................1-888-820-9400

Mississippi Health Advocacy Program
Phone..................................................1-877-982-2990

Mississippi Health Offices By District

Mississippi Primary Health Care Association
Community Health Centers.................601-981-1817

Mississipi State Resources

Women, Infants' & Children's Nutrition Program