Mississippi Families For Kids

www.mffk.org

407 Briarwood Drive

Suite 209

Jackson MS 39206

Phone: (601) 957-7670

Fax: (601) 957-7640

A little about us: Mississippi Families for Kids is a statewide, private 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization with the mission of ensuring the permanency and well-being of children and families through educational development, special training and community based services. Top priority is given to those children who are presently in the adoption and foster care system. The second priority is given to those families who are at risk of coming into the child welfare system. We especially cater to older children, sibling groups, and children with special needs as well as those who have been abused, neglected, or abandoned. Instituted in 1994 through a grant from the Kellogg Foundation and incorporated in 1998, Mississippi Families for Kids was established to implement child focused, solution based, permanency-planning programs for the State of Mississippi. By increasing public awareness of the need for adoption, providing adoption services, and offering post-adoptive services, Mississippi Families for Kids seeks to accomplish the goal of providing permanency for the children of Mississippi. Many children enter foster and adoptive placements with educational, social, and emotional problems. Mississippi Families for Kids meets these needs through a variety of educational and training support for children and parents, including recreational support, behavior and anger management, conflict resolution, tutoring, and counseling services.