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Hands On Mississippi
Hands On Mississippi is a Mississippi-based nonprofit that mobilizes individuals to join together to address community needs, providing camaraderie as well as guidance through creating an impact with service. In partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Mississippi Commission on Volunteer Service, nonprofit agencies, and local community members and business partners, Hands On Mississippi supports the volunteer-driven recovery of the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina and actively rebuilds a more civically engaged community.
Hands On Mississippi has identified several priority issue areas for Mississippi. Additional topics will be added soon.
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COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
See PPN's Service Delivery section on Forming, Funding, and Maintaining Partnerships and Collaborations.
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EDUCATION — ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Programs that Work
Students performing at grade level or meeting state curriculum standards
See all programs in this indicator area
Students graduating from high school
Research in Brief
Academic Achievement topic area
High School Graduation topic area
FAMILY ECONOMIC SECURITY
Programs that Work
Families increasing economic self-sufficiency
Research in Brief
Strong Families outcome area
HOMELESSNESS
Research in Brief
Finding Shelter: Two-Year Housing Trajectories Among Homeless Youth — Dec. 2011
Journal abstract at Journal of Adolescent Health website
A Longitudinal Population-Based Study of Factors in Adolescence Predicting Homelessness in Young Adulthood — Dec. 2009
Prevalence, Characteristics, and Associated Health and Health Care of Family Homelessness Among Fifth-Grade Students — Aug. 2009
Predictors of Homelessness and Doubling-Up Among At Risk Families — Aug. 2008
Research brief at Center for Research on Child Wellbeing at Princeton University website
Homelessness and Health Care Access After Emancipation — Oct. 2007
VOLUNTEERISM
Programs that Work
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)
Leadership and Resiliency Program (LRP)
Let Each One Teach One Mentor Program
Midwestern Prevention Project/Project STAR
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care
Research in Brief
High School Mentors In Brief: Findings from the Big Brothers Big Sisters School-Based Mentoring Impact Study — Oct. 2009
Making a Difference? The Effects of Teach for America in High School — July 2008
OTHER RESOURCES
Association of Maternal Medical Conditions and Unfavorable Birth Outcomes: Findings from the 1996-2003 Mississippi Linked Birth and Death Data — Oct. 2011
Prenatal Care Utilization in Mississippi: Racial Disparities and Implications for Unfavorable Birth Outcomes — Oct. 2011
7th Annual AP Report to the Nation: State Supplement — Mississippi — Feb. 2011
New Orleans Five Years After the Storm: A New Disaster Amid Recovery — Aug. 2010
Children of Katrina: Lessons Learned About Postdisaster Symptoms and Recovery Patterns — July 2010
National Assessment of Educational Progress State Profiles — Mississippi — Mar. 2010
State Facts Sheets on Child Welfare Funding 2010 — Mississippi Profile — Jan. 2010
America's Youngest Outcasts: State Report Card on Child Homelessness — Mar. 2009
2009 State Fact Sheets: Mississippi's Children — 2009
The Health and Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2007 — Mississippi Profile — 2009
Diplomas Count 2008: Mississippi State Highlights — June 2008
2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) — Comparison Between Mississippi Students and U.S. Students — 2008
State-Specific Data from State Tobacco Settlement — Dec. 2007
Reports from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Reading Across the Nation: A Chartbook for Mississippi — Oct. 2007
Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard on Health System Performance, 2007: Mississippi Profile — June 2007
2007 National Survey of Children's Health — 2007
2005 State Preschool Yearbook: Mississippi Profile — Mar. 2006
Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends — Jan. 2006
Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends — Mississippi Fact Sheet — Jan. 2006
Measuring Up 2006: The State Report Card on Higher Education (Mississippi) — 2006
State Approaches to Promoting Young Children's Healthy Mental Development — Dec. 2005
Prekindergarteners Left Behind: Expulsion Rates in State Prekindergarten Programs — May 2005
Why Rural Matters 2005: Mississippi Results — May 2005
Annie E. Casey Online Databases — Mississippi
The Annie E. Casey Foundation provides several online databases that allow people to create customized reports about children and about issues affecting children in different geographic areas. The links below provide information specific to Mississippi:
Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online — Mississippi Profile
The Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online web site provides profiles of all 50 states and allows for comparison of information across all the states and compared to the country as a whole. The web site provides information on a state's demographic and economic profile; health care coverage; health status; participation and costs in the Medicaid, S-CHIP and Medicare programs; as well as health issues for specific groups (Minority Health, Women's Health, HIV/AIDS).
National Center for Children in Poverty — Mississippi Profiles
The National Center for Children in Poverty provides access to state-specific data regarding demographics, economic conditions and child-related policies.
No Child Left Behind Database
The Education Commission of the States offers the No Child Left Behind Database on their website. The database provides state-specific information about how states are meeting the No Child Left Behind requirements.
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