October 27, 2009

The Mississippi Case Management Consortium announces a new partnership grant.

JACKSON – The Mississippi Case Management Consortium (MCMC), a project of the Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service (MCVS), announces a new partnership grant of $1.5 million from the Mississippi Development Authority Disaster Recovery Division (MDA/DRD) to provide disaster case management services for individuals and families currently residing in housing units funded by the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP).

MCMC proposes to provide systematic case management services to this client population in the same manner that it has used to date to address the unmet needs of individuals and families residing in FEMA-funded temporary housing units (THUs). The program will run until March 2010 to assist 800 families with case management services.
“We’re pleased to partner with MCMC as part of our ongoing effort to match people with affordable housing options,” said Jon Mabry, Chief Operations Officer for MDA/DRD. “With about $1 billion of Mississippi’s Katrina recovery package dedicated to building affordable housing or providing financial assistance to those needing affordable housing, this partnership will help hasten Mississippi’s long-term recovery.”

MCMC believes that the transition from a temporary housing disaster voucher to a permanent housing choice voucher is a process to which case management services can be effectively and rapidly applied. Throughout its period of performance to date, MCMC has proven that its systemic case management approach is effective in connecting individuals in need with available resources while providing a measure of accountability to funders through data collection and reporting that illustrates the range of issues that clients face. MCMC has a sufficient infrastructure to support an additional caseload of clients by utilizing its network of 10 Affiliate organizations positioned throughout Mississippi.

“The timeframe for this work is proposed for five months, which will allow our case managers to conduct outreach to the client population and will allow for the allocation of housing vouchers to come online,” says Marsha Meeks Kelly, Executive Director of MCMC. “We anticipate the majority of families will be able to transition from a temporary to a permanent housing voucher within this projected timeline.”
The mission of the Mississippi Case Management Consortium is to deliver high quality disaster case management services to clients who meet eligibility criteria by focusing on the case management processes of assessment, planning, advocacy, linking and monitoring.

For more information on MCMC or this partnership, please visit us on the web at www.MC-MC.org.

Contact:  Stephen Carr, 251-509-2953 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Marsha Meeks Kelly, 601-573-0568 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.