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FASD State Coordinator (NAFSC Member)Trisha Hinson, MEd, CMHT
FASD State Coordinator
Mississippi Department of Mental Health
239 North Lamar Street
1101 Robert E. Lee Building
Jackson, MS 39201
601-359-6291
601-576-4040 Fax
trisha.hinson@dmh.state.ms.us FASD State Task Force
MS Advisory Council on FASD (MS AC-FASD)
Chair: Millicent Ledbetter
2303 Gordon Avenue
Yazoo, MS 39194
(662) 746-5712
millicent@warren-yazoo.org FASD State Plan
Mississippi State Plan FASD State Resources
Mississippi has an annual statewide FASD Symposium that takes place in early September each year, usually on the Friday that
is closest to September 9th.
Funded Subcontractor
Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources
Mississppi Department of Mental Health
Legislative Information:
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House Resolution 72 
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Prevention
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2011
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A RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING BORNFREE OF MISSISSIPPI, INC., ON THE CELEBRATION OF ITS 15th ANNIVERSARY.
BornFree is a private nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide an umbrella of support services to pregnant and parenting
addicted mothers and their young children.
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Effective 03/17/2011
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HB1067
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Prevention
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2010
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An act to provide that the State Department of Health shall establish a Nurse-Family Partnership program in the state of Mississippi;...SECTION
1. (1) The Legislature makes the following findings:...(c) Research has shown that the Nurse-Family 25 Partnership program
improves pregnancy outcomes by helping women engage in good preventive health practices, including thorough prenatal care
from their health care providers, improving their diets, and reducing their use of cigarettes, alcohol and illegal substances...SECTION
2....The goals of the Nurse-Family Partnership Pilot program are to: (a) Improve pregnancy outcomes by helping women engage
in good preventive health practices, including thorough prenatal care from their health care providers, improving their diets,
and reducing their use of cigarettes, alcohol and illegal substances...
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Conferees Named Bryan, Turner, Jackson 03/22/2010
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