Grading the States 2006: Mississippi

Overall Grade: D Category Grades: Infrastructure: D- Information Access: B Services: D- Recovery Supports: C-

Spending, Income, & Rankings     National Rank Per Capita Mental Health Spending $93.49 18 Per Capita Income $22,263 51 Total Mental Health Spending (in millions) $268 26 Suicide Rank 25 (tied with North Carolina)

Recent Innovations Response to Hurricane Katrina Dedicated housing staff Funding consumer and family education

Urgent Needs Fully staffed crisis centers Funding Community-based services Evidence-based practices

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Grading the States 2006: Mississippi - Narrative
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Mental health efforts get poor report
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from the Memphis Commercial Appeal - TN.
3/07/2006