Rankin County

Clothing

Gateway Thrift Store

2850 Highway 80 East
Pearl, MS 39208
601-932-1668
601-936-5999 Fax
Hours Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (9 a.m. - 6 p.m. during Daylight Savings Time)

Goodwill Crossgates Store and Collection Center

5708 Highway 80 East
Pearl, Mississippi 39208
601-664-3443
http://goodwillms.org/

The Salvation Army Family Store

601-664-1857
3510 HWY 80 E
Pearl, MS 39208
Provides necessities of life including free food, new or discounted clothing, shelter, rent assistance, funds for paying utilities or cooling bills, furniture, transportation, medical, health care needs and other emergency needs to the working poor and low income. In addition a free noon meal is furnished for the hungry Monday-Friday of each week. While the availability of resources is limited, the agency will do what it can to help seniors, children, and the less fortunate in Mississippi make it through a crisis.

Criminal Justice

B.A.I.C. (Beginning Again in Christ)

PO Box 26
Brandon MS 39043
601-825- 0535
Dr. Sal Pellicano
We conduct Bible studies, worship services and on-on-one counseling approximately 45 times each month in jails, detention centers and prisons in Mississippi, thanks largely to our volunteers, who are one of the most important assets. We also minister to families of inmates in Mississippi.

Brandon Police Dept.

1455 W Government St.
Brandon, MS 39042
601-825-7225

Florence Police Dept.

PO Box 309
Florence, MS 39073
601-845-7508

Flowood Police Dept.

2101 Airport Rd. Ste. B
Flowood, MS 39232
601-932-5400

Pearl Police Dept.

2422 Old Brandon Rd.
Pearl, MS 39208
601-932-3581

Pelahatchie Police Dept.

PO Box 229
Pelahatchie, MS 39145
601-854-5223

Puckett Police Dept.

PO Box 130

Puckett, MS 39151

601-825-8074

Richland Police Dept.

371 Scarbrough St.
Richland, MS 39218
601-932-3100

Domestic Abuse

Angel Wings Outreach Center

415 Simpson Circle
Mendenhall, MS 39114
Crisis Line: 1-866-847-5802
601-847-5802
Services:

  • Emergency Shelter
  • Transitional/ Supportive Housing
  • Childcare
  • Advocacy Services
  • 24-hour crisis line
  • Residential Counseling
  • Non-Residential Counseling
  • Community Education
  • Referral Services

Counties Served: Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Rankin, Simpson, Warren, Yazoo

Catholic Charities, Inc. Shelter for Battered Families

Jackson, MS
Crisis Line: 1-800-273-9012
601-366-0222
www.catholiccharitiesjackson.org/services/domestic.violence.html
Services:

  • Emergency Shelter
  • Transitional/ Supportive Housing
  • Childcare
  • Advocacy Services
  • 24-Hour Crisis Line
  • Residential Counseling
  • Non-Residential Counseling
  • Emergency Transportation
  • Community Education
  • Referral Services
  • Legal Services

Counties Served: Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Rankin, Simpson, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo

Center for Violence Prevention

Pearl, MS
Crisis Line 1-800-266-4198
601-932-4198 or 1-800-799-SAFE
www.mscvp.org
Services:

  • Crisis and Referral Line: a twenty-four hour crisis and referral line to assist in immediate needs.
  • Temporary Shelter
  • Counseling
  • Workshops
  • Second Chance: Retail store
  • Sexual Assault crisis center
  • Batters intervention program

Counties Served: Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Rankin, Sharkey, Simpson, Warren, Yazoo

Haven House Family Shelter

Vicksburg, MS
Crisis Line: 1-800-898-0860
601-638-0021
www.myhavenhouse.org
Services provided:

  • Emergency Shelter
  • Transitional/ Supportive Housing
  • Childcare
  • Advocacy Services
  • Batterer Intervention Program
  • 24-hour Crisis Line
  • Residential Counseling
  • Non-Residential Counseling
  • Emergency Transportation
  • Community Education
  • Referral Services

Counties Served: Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Rankin, Sharkey, Simpson, Warren, Yazoo

Employment

Pearl WIN Job Center

212 Saint Paul Street
Pearl, MS 39208
601-321-5441
http://mdes.ms.gov/win-job-centers/
pearljobcenter@mdes.ms.gov
Job Placement, WIA Services, Priority Services for Veterans, TAA
Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm
Closed Wednesday at 4:00pm

Rankin Baptist Association- Hands UP Outreach

PO Box 2115
Brandon, MS 39043
601-826-0442 or 601-826-0449
Roy and Mary Callahan
www.rankincwjc.org
Hands UP Outreach is a multi-purpose ministry of Rankin Baptists striving to model the love of Jesus Christ and to meet needs of the broken and wounded of Mississippi.
The new Grace Center is located in Richland, MS for male and females. It is a day resource center for the un-employed, un-educated, and un-churched coming out of our Prisons in Rankin County. The center does not house people but partners with other Transition Houses and churches to help the Ex-Offender find their place back in our community. Ex-offenders and families can get help with support groups, money management, Celebrate Recovery, GED Tutoring, Reading, Computer skills, Job Skills, Life Skills and Bible Studies.

Food

Cornerstone Church

1950 Highway 80 East
Pearl, MS 39208
601-420-4840
www.cstonems.org/

Ever Reaching Community Outreach

446 Rehobeth Road
Pelahatchie, MS 39145
Contact: Tammy Brun
www.everreaching.com
Ever Reaching Community Outreach is a group of Christian believers of all denominations, whose mission is to with food, clothing and shelter for the needy and poor in our communities.

McLaurin Heights Baptist Church

404 Pemberton Dr.
Pearl, MS 39208
601-939-3379
www.mhbcpearl.org

Oak Grove Baptist Church

Mississippi Valley Gas Rd
Flowood, MS 39232
601-932-3812

Paul Truitt Memorial Baptist Church

3705 Old Brandon Rd
Pearl, MS 39208
601-939-2975

South Rankin Food Resource Center Inc.

235 Richland Cr
Richland, MS 39218
769-216-3149
http://www.southrankinfood.org

Health

Family Health Care Clinic, Inc. – Brandon

1551 W. Government St.
Brandon, MS 39042-2408
601-825-7280 x224

Family Health Care Free Clinic, Inc. – Flowood

631 Lakeland East Dr. Bldg. D
Flowood, MS 39232-8815
601-825-7280 x224

Family Health Care Community Clinic Ic, Inc. -Pearl

4635 Highway 80 E.
Pearl, MS 39208-4226
601-825-7280 x224

Family Health Care Clinic IC, Inc -Pelahatchie

100 N. Brooks St.
Pelahatchie, MS 39145-3092
601-825-7280 x224

Lantern Medical Clinic

3218 Service Dr
Pearl 39208
601-664-6017
This Medical Clinic is for working clients with no health insurance.

Rankin County Health Department

401 Parkway Drive
Pearl, MS 39208
601-402-4959
http://msdh.ms.gov/

  • Breast & Cervical Cancer
  • Child Health (EPSDT)
  • Children’s Health Insurance
  • Children’s Medical Program
  • Diabetes control
  • Early Intervention (First Steps)
  • Family Planning
  • Hypertension (High blood pressure)
  • Immunization
  • Maternity
  • Perinatal (PHRM)
  • Social Work
  • STD/HIV
  • Tuberculosis
  • WIC

Open: Monday – Friday

Rankin County Environmental Office

305 East Government
Brandon, MS 39042
601-824-2564
http://msdh.ms.gov/

  • Breast & Cervical Cancer
  • Child Health (EPSDT)
  • Children’s Health Insurance
  • Children’s Medical Program
  • Diabetes control
  • Early Intervention (First Steps)
  • Family Planning
  • Hypertension (High blood pressure)
  • Immunization
  • Maternity
  • Perinatal (PHRM)
  • Social Work
  • STD/HIV
  • Tuberculosis
  • WIC

Open: Monday - Friday

Mental Health

MS State Hospital, Whitfield

Whitfield, MS
601-351-8000
www.msh.state.ms.us
Contact: Harriet Wiley
wileyha@msh.state.ms.us
Chemical Dependency Unit
Building 81(Females)
Building 84 (Males)
Whitfield, MS 39193
601-351-8000, ext. 4929/8417
Fax: 601-351-8386
Inpatient CDU, Detoxification, Adult Males/Females

Mental Illness, Chemical Addiction Recovery Environment (MICARE)

Contact: Cynthia Johnson, Ph.D.
Main Address (office)
Box 2837
350 Capers Avenue
Jackson, MS 39207
Facility Address (MICARE)
Box 2837
1212 Forest Ave.
Jackson, MS 39206
601-366-8857
Fax: 601-366-8130
E-mail: cynthia.johnson@msh.state.ms.us
Types of Service: Transitional Residential, Co-Occurring Adult

Region 8 Mental Health Services

613 Marquette Road
P.O. Box 88
Brandon, MS 39043
601-591-5553 or 601-825-8800 (Service)
601-824-0342 (Admin.)
601-824-0349 Fax
www.region8mhs.org/
Services:

  • Adult
  • Youth and children
  • Intellectual/developmental disabilities
  • Alcohol and drug treatment
  • Crisis

Public Libraries

Central Mississippi Regional Library System

www.cmrls.lib.ms.us

Substance Abuse

COPAC

3949 Highway 43 North
Brandon, MS 39047
601-829-2500 or 1-800-446-9727
www.copacms.com
Services: 24hr residential treatment center alcohol abuse, drug abuse, compulsive gambling, eating disorders, sexual compulsivity.

Shephearst Meadows, LLC

513 Keywood Circle
Flowood, MS 39232
601-933-1136
Fax: 601-948-3649
Cynthia Turner
cynthia@shephearstmeadows.com
Types of Service: DUI, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, Recovery Support, Adult Males/Females