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State: MS
Mississippi Head Start
Family and Children Services in MS
Head Start is a Federal program that promotes the school readiness of children from birth to age five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in many areas such as language, literacy, and social and emotional development. Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. These programs help build relationships with families that support family well-being and many other important areas.
Many Head Start programs also provide Early Head Start, which serves infants, toddlers, and pregnant women and their families who have incomes below the Federal poverty level.
Mississippi Health Benefits (CHIP)
Children's Health in MS
Through Mississippi Health Benefits, there are two health coverage groups for children: Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CHIP is a free/low-cost private health plan that covers uninsured children to age 19 in families meeting family size/income requirements. Families are urged to apply to see if their children are eligible for either the Medicaid or CHIP program.
Mississippi Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Energy Assistance in MS
The Mississippi Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides financial assistance to eligible households to help pay the cost of home energy bills and other energy related services. Benefits vary depending on the intensity level and are based on the rating tool.
Households may qualify for regular LIHEAP assistance and/or the Energy Crisis (emergency) Intervention Program (ECIP) for:
- Natural gas
- Wood
- Electricity
- Liquid petroleum
- Propane/butane gas, and other energy related services.
The allocation of funds to subgrantees is based on the percentage of poor households in each county compared with the state's poverty level according to the current census data.
Mississippi Medicaid
Medicaid and Medicare in MS
Mississippi Medicaid is a health care program that helps pay for medical services for low-income people. For those eligible for full Medicaid services, Medicaid is paid to providers of health care. Providers are doctors, hospitals and pharmacists who take Medicaid.
Mississippi Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Women and Children in MS
The Mississippi Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides supplemental foods, nutrition education and referrals to health care, at no cost, to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are determined to be at nutritional risk. To be fully eligible for the WIC Program, applicants must be determined by a health professional, at no cost, to be at nutritional risk (i.e., have certain medical-based or diet-based risk conditions).
Mississippi Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Food Stamps in MS
The Mississippi Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides monthly benefits that help low income households buy the food they need for good health. Eligibility criteria, income and resource limits and allotment maximums per household size are set by Federal laws and regulations governing SNAP under United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). A person who meets one of the following criteria may qualify for SNAP:
- Work for low wages
- Unemployed or work part-time
- Receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Social Security's Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or other assistance payments
- Elderly or disabled and live on a small income
Additional eligibility requirements exist. You will need to work with the Mississippi Department of Human Services, Economic Assistance Office to determine whether you are eligible for benefits. To apply for benefits, you must submit an application to your local county Department of Human Services Economic Assistance office. After an application is received, an eligibility worker will hold an interview with you, another member of the household, or a household's authorized representative to gather information and explain SNAP. After all required verifications are completed, the household will be notified by mail whether or not they are eligible, and, if so, their benefit amount, certification period and issuance procedure. If you qualify for SNAP, the household will receive SNAP no later than 30 days from the date the office receives the application. Households with very low income and resources may qualify for expedited services receive benefits within seven calendar days.
Mississippi Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Living Assistance in MS
The Mississippi Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, administered by the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS), provides assistance for needy families with children up to age 18 years without regard to race, creed, color, gender, age, disability or national origin. Monthly TANF money payments are made for children and their needy caretaker relatives who do not have enough income or resources to meet their everyday needs by state Program standards.
Mississippi Unemployment Insurance
Unemployment Assistance in MS
Unemployment insurance benefits provide temporary financial assistance to workers unemployed through no fault of their own that meet Mississippi's eligibility requirements.
Mississippi Weatherization Assistance Program
Energy Assistance in MS
The Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) funds are used to improve the conditions of eligible low-income clients' homes. The program is designed to reduce home heating and cooling costs by improving energy efficiency and ensuring health and safety. Priority is given to low-income elderly and disabled individuals.
National School Breakfast and Lunch Program for Mississippi
School Assistance in MS
The School Breakfast Program provides funding that makes it possible for schools to offer a nutritious breakfast to students each day. Similarly, the goal of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is to protect the health and well-being of the nation's children by providing nutritious school meals every day. NSLP provides funding that makes it possible for schools to offer a nutritious school lunch. Schools receive Federal funds for each breakfast and lunch served, provided that the meal meets established nutrition standards.
Special Milk Program for Mississippi
School Assistance in MS
The Special Milk Program is designed to encourage fluid milk consumption by selling milk to students at the lowest possible price and serving milk free to students determined to be eligible. This program is not available to schools participating in the National School Breakfast or Lunch Programs. The Special Milk Program is restricted to children who do not have available any other Child Nutrition Programs. The subsidy for milk is determined annually and is a set reimbursement rate. The school district must cover the cost not covered by the reimbursement. This may include the cost of labor to handle the milk storage, equipment depreciation, paper supplies, and other overhead. School districts interested in this program may call the Office of Child Nutrition for the current regulations and funding rates.
Summer Food Service Program for Mississippi
Women and Children in MS
The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) was created to serve nutritious meals to children when National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program meals are not available. To ensure all Mississippi children receive proper nutrition throughout the year, SFSP reimburses organizations that prepare and serve meals to eligible children during the summer and school vacation periods.
1994 Institutions Endowment Fund
Education and Training in US
An interest distribution earned on an invested corpus to all eligible 1994 Land-Grant Institutions. Provides funding for institutional development to support food, agriculture and the mechanic arts. Educational activities, facility construction and renovation, student recruitment and retention, faculty hiring and development are all allowable expenditures.
2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program (2017 WHIP)
Disaster Relief in US
Eligible crops, trees, bushes, or vines, located in a county declared in a Presidential Emergency Disaster Declaration or Secretarial Disaster Designation as a primary county are eligible for assistance if the producer suffered a loss as a result of a 2017 hurricane. Also, losses located in a county not designated as a primary county may be eligible if the producer provides documentation showing that the loss was due to a hurricane or wildfire in 2017. A list of counties that received qualifying hurricane declarations and designations is available here.
Agricultural production losses due to conditions caused by 2017 wildfires and hurricanes, including excessive rain, high winds, flooding, mudslides, fire, and heavy smoke, could qualify for assistance through the program.
Eligible crops include those for which federal crop insurance or NAP coverage is available, excluding crops intended for grazing. A list of crops covered by crop insurance is available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Actuarial Information Browser.
7(a) Small Business Loan
Business Loans in US
The 7(a) loan program is SBA’s primary program for providing financial assistance to small businesses and is the most widely used loan program of the Small Business Administration's (SBA) business loan programs. Its name comes from section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, which authorizes the agency to provide loan guarantees to participating SBA lenders that work directly with American small businesses. Small business applicants work directly with a participating SBA lender and not with SBA. The loan program is designed to assist for-profit businesses that are not able to get other financing from other resources.
AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program
Loan Repayment in US
The AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program helps to assure an adequate supply of trained researchers with respect to AIDS at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by providing for the repayment of educational loans for participants who contractually agree to engage in AIDS research as employees of the NIH. Recipients must agree by written contract to engage in AIDS research, initially, for a minimum of two years. Continuation contracts are available, dependent upon level of debt and continued involvement in AIDS research, and are issued for one-year periods. Maximum program benefit is $35,000 per year in loan repayments and $13,650 per year in Federal tax reimbursements. Recipients must have qualified educational debt equal to or in excess of 20 percent of their annual NIH salary.
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Insurance
Insurance in US
This program can help individuals buy a single family home in which they intend to live. While U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) does not lend money directly to buyers to purchase a home, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) approved lenders make loans through a number of FHA-insurance programs. The mortgage loan will have an annually adjustable interest rate and must satisfy FHA’s adjustable interest rate mortgage requirements.
Adoption Assistance
Child Care and Child Support in US
Adoption Assistance, also known as adoption subsidies, provides financial help and services for children with physical, mental and developmental disabilities and their adoptive parents. Each state agency has its own definition of "special needs" used to identify children eligible for adoption assistance.
Advanced Education Nursing Traineeships
Education and Training in US
The Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship program meets the cost of traineeships for individuals in advanced nursing education programs. Traineeships are awarded to individuals by participating educational institutions offering masters and doctoral degree programs, combined RN to masters degree programs, post-nursing masters certificate programs, or in the case of nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, nurse educators, nurse administrators or public health nurses.
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program
Agricultural Loans in US
The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) provides financial and technical assistance to help conserve agricultural lands and wetlands. There are two program components under ACEP, the Agricultural Land Easement (ALE) component and the Wetlands Reserve Easement (WRE) component.
Under the ALE component, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) helps Indian tribes, State and local governments and non-governmental organizations protect working agricultural lands and limit non-agricultural uses of the land.
Under the WRE component, NRCS helps to restore, protect and enhance enrolled wetlands.
Agricultural Management Assistance Program
Agriculture and Environmental Sustainability in US
The Agricultural Management Assistance Program (AMA) helps agricultural producers use conservation to manage risk and address natural resource issues through natural resources conservation. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) administers the AMA conservation provisions, while the Agricultural Marketing Service and the Risk Management Agency implement other provisions under AMA.
Alcohol National Research Service Awards
Training in US
The Alcohol National Research Service Awards support training in clinical research, treatment assessment research, problems of health promotion and alcoholism prevention, and basic biological and behavioral processes applicable to alcohol research.
American Arts Incubator
Arts in US
The American Arts Incubator, formerly known as smARTpower, sends American visual artists abroad to collaborate with local artists and young people around the world on the creation of community-based art projects. Focusing on direct community engagement that encourages dialogue, experimentation and creativity, this 45-day program is designed to stimulate discourse around local or global social issues including the environment, education, health, girls and women's issues and freedom of expression.
American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) Leadership Development Programs
Education and Training in US
The American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) program focuses on international educational exchanges for young political leaders worldwide. The program provides in-depth exploration of the governance, politics, policy making, bilateral relations, culture, and geographic diversity of the host country. Participants are provided opportunities to strengthen their personal leadership skills and enhance their understanding of international relations. This program is designed to promote mutual understanding, respect, and friendship with the goal of cultivating long-lasting relationships among young people who are poised to become tomorrow's global leaders and policy makers.
American Film Showcase
Grants in US
The American Film Showcase is a major touring film program bringing American documentaries, feature films and animated shorts to audiences worldwide. It brings award-winning contemporary American documentaries, featured films and animated shorts to audiences around the world, offering a view of American society and culture as seen by independent film makers.
Through the American Film Showcase, U.S. Embassies in 40 countries organize film screenings, discussions and workshops in all areas related to film, such as production, writing, animation, distribution and independent financing.
American Job Centers
Unemployment Assistance in US
American Job Centers are at the heart of the workforce investment system under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). These centers provide an integrated array of high-quality services so that workers, job seekers, and businesses can conveniently find the help they need under one roof in easy to reach locations. American Job Centers are designed to help businesses find qualified workers and help job seekers obtain employment and training services to enhance their careers. These services include assessment of skills, abilities, aptitudes and needs; assistance with Unemployment Insurance; access to employment services such as the states' job board and labor market information; career counseling; job search and job placement assistance; and information on training, education and related supportive services such as day care and transportation. Eligible individuals can obtain more intensive services and training. American Job Centers are convenient to most communities in the United States.
American Music Abroad Program
Fellowships and Scholarships in US
The American Music Abroad program is designed to communicate America's rich musical contributions to a global music scene. The program sends music groups abroad to foster cross-cultural communication with global audiences. Each year, the program sends 10 ensembles of American roots music on a month-ling multicultural tour, where they engage with international audiences through public concerts, lectures and demonstrations, workshops, jam sessions, and media interviews.
American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC)
Education and Training in US
The American Opportunity Tax Credit is a tax credit to help pay for education expenses paid for the first four years of education completed after high school. You can get a maximum annual credit of $2,500 per eligible student and 40% or $1,000 could be refunded if you owe no tax. This credit is subject to income limitations.
American Youth Leadership Training Program
Education and Training in US
The American Youth Leadership Program is a leadership training exchange program for U.S. high school students and adult mentors. Participants travel abroad to gain firsthand knowledge of foreign cultures and to examine globally significant issues, such as the environment and climate change, food security and nutrition, the role of the media, and science and technology. Programs involve homestays with local families, language lessons, leadership training, and community service opportunities. Participants implement a follow-on project in their communities once they return home.
Architectural Barriers Act Enforcement
Financial Assistance in US
This law requires that certain buildings financed with federal funds must comply with the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) to ensure accessibility for persons with physical disabilities.
Armed Forces Tax Benefits
Tax Assistance in US
This law allows tax benefits or relief for special tax situations of active members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Information on these special tax benefits for Armed Forces Personnel can be found in Publication 3, Armed Forces Tax Guide.
Arts Envoy Program
Fellowships and Scholarships in US
The Arts Envoy program is designed to share the best of the U.S. arts community with the world. The program sends American arts professionals-- including performing artists, visual artists, poets, playwrights, theatrical and film directors, curators, and others-- overseas to conduct workshops, give performances, and mentor young people. The program seeks to connect with international publics who might not otherwise have the opportunity to engage with American arts professionals.
Assets for Independence
Grants in US
Assets for Independence (AFI) is a community-based approach for giving low-income families a hand up out of poverty. Utilizing existing individual and community assets, AFI strengthens communities from within through the use of matched savings accounts called Individual Development Accounts (IDAs). Through financial education, AFI demonstrates the use and impact of IDAs to help low-income individuals move toward greater self-sufficiency.
AFI's main initiatives include:
- Awarding grants to non-profit organizations and government agencies that provide IDAs
- Managing a national resource center to support AFI grantees and develop information on the use of IDAs and related asset-building strategies
- Managing research on IDA usage and implementation
Assistance for Indian Children with Severe Disabilities
AIAN Education in US
The purpose of the program is to provide special education and related services to Native American children with severe disabilities, in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Assistance to Torture Survivors
Healthcare and Medical Assistance in US
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) provides support for domestic centers and programs for survivors of torture. ORR seeks to use these funds to provide direct services to survivors of torture, including treatment and rehabilitation, social and legal services, and research and training for health care providers to enable them to treat the physical and psychological effects of torture.
Automobiles and Adaptive Equipment for Disabled Veterans and Servicemembers
Disability Assistance in US
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides a one-time payment to disabled Veterans of no more than $22,355.72 toward the purchase of an automobile or other transportation. Additionally, the VA will pay for adaptive equipment, or for repair, replacement, and reinstallation of automobile equipment required because of disability. Payments for adaptive equipment may be made multiple times during the Veteran's life.
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Program
Fellowships and Scholarships in US
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship is a highly competitive, merit-based award offered to college juniors and seniors preparing for a career in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering. To be considered, a student must be nominated by his or her college or university using the official nomination materials provided to each institution.
Basic FHA Insured Home Mortgage
Housing Loans in US
This program can help individuals buy a single family home. While U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) does not lend money directly to buyers to purchase a home, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) approved lenders make loans through a number of FHA-insurance programs.
Basic Medical Benefits Package for Veterans
Veterans Health in US
All enrolled Veterans receive the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA's) comprehensive Medical Benefits Package which includes preventive, primary and specialty care, diagnostic, inpatient and outpatient care services. Veterans may receive additional benefits, such as dental care depending on their unique qualifications.
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
Fellowships and Scholarships in US
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program provides scholarships to U.S. undergraduates with financial need for study abroad. Established under the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000, Gilman Scholarships provide up to $5,000 for American students to pursue overseas study for college credit.
Students studying critical need languages are eligible for up to $3,000 in additional funding as part of the Gilman Critical Need Language Supplement program. Those critical need languages include:
- Arabic (all dialects)
- Chinese (all dialects)
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Japanese
- Turkic (Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgz, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek)
- Persian (Farsi, Dari, Kurdish, Pashto, Tajiki)
- Indic (Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Sinhala, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Sindhi)
- Korean
- Russian
- Swahili
- Portuguese
Benjamin Franklin Summer Institutes
Fellowships and Scholarships in US
The Benjamin Franklin Summer Institutes are academic programs hosted by a U.S. college or university. These programs focus on global issues, leadership, and community service. American youth participate in these programs, but do not travel abroad.
During the exchanges, students and educators participate in workshops, community service activities, team building exercises, meetings with community leaders, leadership development, and focus on a specific theme, such as conflict resolution, social entrepreneurship, or environmental stewardship.
Biological Response to Environmental Health Hazards
Health in US
The National Institute of Environment Health Sciences (NIEHS) funds grants to the extramural community with the goal of improving the understanding of how chemical and physical agents cause pathological changes in molecules, cells, tissues, and organs, and how, in response, these changes lead to disease and dysfunction. NIEHS also supports studies of the mechanisms of toxicity of such ubiquitous agents as metals, natural and synthetic chemicals, pesticides, and materials such as asbestos and silica. Specific attention is paid to the effects of these agents on various human organ systems, metabolism, the endocrine and immune systems, and other biological functions.
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Financial Assistance and Social Services
AIAN Employment and Career Development in US
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Financial Assistance and Social Services (FASS) program provides assistance to federally recognized American Indian and AlaskanNative (AI/AN) tribal members in the following ways:
General Assistance: Cash assistance to meet essential needs of food, clothing, shelter, and utilities. Additionally, each General Assistance recipient must work with a social services worker to develop and sign an Individual Self Sufficiency Plan (ISP) to meet the goal of employment. The plan must outline specific steps the individual will take to increase independence. Eligibility will be reviewed every three months, six months, or whenever there is a change in status that can affect eligibility. Recipients must immediately inform the social services office of any such changes. If a client refuses employment or quits a job they will be sanctioned and cannot receive services for a period of at least 60 days but not more than 90 days.
Business Physical Disaster Loans
Disaster Relief in US
If you are in a declared disaster area and have experienced damage to your business, you may be eligible for financial assistance from the Small Business Administration (SBA). Businesses of any size and most private nonprofit organizations may apply to the SBA for a loan to recover after a disaster.
Business and Industrial Loans
Business Loans in US
The purpose of the Business & Industrial (B&I) Guaranteed Loan Program is to improve, develop, or finance business, industry, and employment and improve the economic and environmental climate in rural communities. This purpose is achieved by bolstering the existing private credit structure through the guarantee of quality loans which will provide lasting community benefits.
COBRA Continuation Coverage
Healthcare and Medical Assistance in US
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 contains the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) premium assistance provisions that expand COBRA eligibility and provide eligible individuals with a 65 percent reduction of their COBRA premiums for up to 9 months. If eligible, these individuals pay only 35 percent of their COBRA premiums to the plan and the remaining 65 percent is paid by the employer through a payroll tax credit. Individuals denied the COBRA Premium Assistance made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act may seek an expedited review of that denial by the Secretary of Labor.
Capital Construction Fund Program
Agriculture and Environmental Sustainability in US
The Capital Construction Fund (CCF) Program enables fishermen to construct, reconstruct, or under limited circumstances, acquire fishing vessels with before-tax, rather than after-tax dollars. The program allows fishermen to defer tax on income from the operation of their fishing vessels. Under the CCF Program, the amount accumulated by deferring tax on fishing income, when used to help pay for a vessel project, is in effect, an interest free loan from the government.
Career and Technical Education - Grants to Native Americans and Alaska Natives
American Indian and Alaska Native in US
The Native American Vocational and Technical Education Program (NAVTEP) provides grants to projects that improve vocational and technical education that benefits American Indians and Alaska Natives. NAVTEP gives special consideration to exemplary approaches that involve, coordinate with, and encourage Tribal Economic Development Plans, as well as applications from tribally controlled community colleges.
Caregiver Programs and Services
Counsel and Counseling in US
Family Caregivers provide crucial support in caring for Veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recognizes that Family Caregivers in a home environment can enhance the health and well-being of Veterans under VA care.
Under the "Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010," additional VA services are now available to seriously injured post-9/11 Veterans and their Family Caregivers through a new program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers.
Services for this group include:
- Monthly stipend
- Travel expenses (including lodging and per diem while accompanying Veterans undergoing care)
- Access to health care benefits program (if the Caregiver is not already entitled to care or services under a health care plan)
- Mental health services and counseling
- Comprehensive VA Caregiver training provided by Easter Seals
- Respite Care (not less than 30 days per year)
Cash-Out Refinance Loan
Housing Loans in US
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Cash-Out Refinance Loan is for homeowners who want to trade equity for cash from their home. These loans can be used as strictly cash at closing, to payoff debt, make home improvements, and pay off liens. The Cash-Out Refinance Loan can also be used to refinance a non-VA loan into a VA loan. VA will guaranty loans up to 100 percent of the value of your home.