The mission of Mississippi Families for Kids is to ensure that every child in the child welfare system finds a permanent home with a loving family.

To fulfill this mission, the agency offers a variety of services for foster care families, adoptive families, and families considering adoption:

• 24 hour toll free hotline for adoptive families in need of crisis intervention
• Mentor Families
• Prevention and Intervention Services
• Lending Libraries
• Family Support Groups
• Parent Support Groups
• Grandparent Support Services/Kinship Care
• Adoptive and Foster Parent Training
• Resources and Assessment Services

Services and trainings of our Outreach Program include:

• Conflict Resolution
• Parenting Classes
• Anger Management
• Peer Education
• Culture Competency Training
• Resource Location
• Recruitment and Retention
• Evaluation and Organization Development
• Grant Writing
• Personnel Policy Development
• Employer/Employee Relationships
• Workplace Violence Prevention