Disability Rights Mississippi

Protection and advocacy for individuals with mental illness (paimi):- handled 32 individual cases - continued to monitor conditions in state psychiatric facilities.- solved problems and investigated allegations of mistreatment or rights violations.- investigated unlicensed personal care homes housing individuals with disabilities.- provided assistance to people with disabilities incarcerated in jails or prisons.

Representative payee program:- investigated representative payees as assigned by the social security administration.- the rep payee team completed 82 periodic, 14 volume, and 6 individual reviews.- through the course of these reviews, the team was able to see and provide support and services to 550 individuals with disabilities living in facilities and throughout our communities.

Protection and advocacy for individual rights (pair):- handled 40 individual cases- assisted several students in higher education to get classroom accommodations.protection and advocacy for assistive technology (paat):- handled 1 individual case- represented people with disabilities who are in need of assistive technology.protection and advocacy for beneficiaries of social security (pabss):- handled 12 individual cases- advocated for the rights of social security beneficiaries seeking to obtain or maintain employment.- provided outreach and training about the program throughout the state, with a focus on win job centers.protection and advocacy for traumatic brain injury (patbi):- handled 3 individual cases- advocated for the rights of individuals with tbi to receive services in a more integrated setting.- collaborated with traumatic brain injury association and others who serve individuals with tbi. Protection and advocacy for voting rights (pava):- incorporated education about voting rights and issues for individuals with disabilities throughout all other work, including education transition, outreach to facility residents, and people in the general community.- continued to collaborate with the secretary of state (sos) and all county election clerks to ensure knowledge and full implementation of laws related to accessible polling places and accommodations to the needs of voters with disabilities.- maintained a hotline number during elections to provide assistance to citizens who had questions about the voting process, and conducted voter registration activities.- held voter registration events and provided education about voting rights during an election year.