·State program
Mississippi Family Caregiver Support Program
The Mississippi Family Caregiver Support Program works with Area Agencies on Aging and local community service providers to support family caregivers. It provides caregiver information, help accessing services, counseling, support groups, caregiver training, respite care, and limited supplemental services.
What it offers
Provides information to caregivers about available services, assistance gaining access to services, individual counseling, support groups, caregiver training, respite care, and limited supplemental services. Mississippi directs caregivers to contact the Mississippi Access to Care Center at 844-822-4622 to connect with the program.
Questions that decide eligibility
GiveCare prepares the questions; the program makes the decision. Bring these to the call or the application:
- 01
Does the person receiving care live in Mississippi?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Does your relationship to the person — spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, other relative, or non relative — count for this program?
- 03
Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
- 04
Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
- 05
Is there a caregiver-specific department, coordinator, or support line? Ask for it by name.
Many agencies have one that isn’t advertised on the website.
- 06
What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- 07
Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?