What is a Drug Free Community Coalition (DFC)?
A DFC is a community led program to prevent and reduce substance abuse in youth. Our local community sectors come together to provide supportive resources from public and private agencies as well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments.
Unite and Partner
Empower Youth
Educate and Support
Uniting the community through parents, youth, schools, churches, police, businesses, and leadership. By working together, we will make a bigger impact than working alone.
We empower youth to lead their peers: use their voice and play a key role in prevention efforts.
We use data to understand our community's needs. We look at what substances are affecting our youth and why. We create programs that promote healthy choices: education, youth activities, training, and awareness events. We support families: providing resources, information, and connections for help.
Prevention
Prevention is our mission - BEFORE addiction ever begins.
Safety
We promote safe environments: encouraging policies and practices that reduce access and risk.
We raise awareness about the dangers of substance use: sharing real information, stories, and solutions.
LOCAL RESOURCES
Below we have compiled a list of facilities to aid in mental health and/or addiction services. These facilities are either local to the state of Mississippi or in a nearby state. We aim to supply interested individuals with resources for youth and adults alike. Most Resources have a website hyperlinked to its title for easier access.
Local Youth Resources
They offer psychiatric residential treatment (PRTF) programs for children and adolescents between the ages of 6 and 20. Their residential program is designed to meet the intensive behavioral and educational needs of emotionally disturbed youth in North Mississippi. This program is open to boys and girls, with a total of 51 beds available throughout three different cottages. Children and adolescents in each cottage are separated by age, gender, presenting issue, and developmental abilities.
Located in Pontotoc, MS.
Oceans Behavioral Hospital Tupelo is a self-governed wing in Northern Mississippi Medical Center (NMMC) that provides inpatient and intensive outpatient (IOP) treatment for adolescents and adults, complementing services that NMMC provides.
Located in Tupelo, MS.
Imagine is dedicated to providing quality care to those suffering from mental health, substance abuse, and dual diagnosis disorders. Imagine aspires to be a complete outpatient clinic, offering all levels of care from individual services to structured outpatient programs.
Located in Jackson, MS.
Rehabilitation Facilities
The residential program includes adolescent mental health treatment for ADHD, Adolescent Alcohol & Drug Use, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Defiant Behavior, Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, Trauma, And Many Others.
Located in Oxford, MS.
Supportive outpatient and inpatient behavioral health and substance use treatment for children, adolescents and adults.
Located in Olive Branch, MS.
Weems Community Mental Health- Scott County
Outpatient mental health counseling, psychiatric care, nursing services, and outpatient substance abuse treatment. Specialized programs include children’s day treatment, adolescent intensive outpatient care, adult clubhouse, an employee assistance program, a DUI recovery program, and adult intensive outpatient treatment. Each program is designed to address specific challenges such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and substance use.
Located in Forest, MS, but has several service locations.
Local Adult Resources
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Rehabilitation Facilities
1. Lifecore Health Group | Male & Female, Secular
Tupelo, MS (Northeast, MS) | (662) 987-4260
"We provide behavioral health services and pharmacy services in Benton, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, and Union Counties. Our target patient populations are children and adolescents who suffer from a severe emotional disturbance and adults who suffer from a chronic behavioral health disorder or chemical dependency."
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