Mississippi Public Health Institute

To ensure the future of the state's public health and mental health workforce, msphi continued its program of workforce development, the mississippi behavioral health learning network (mbhln) (www.msbhln.org), for the mississippi deparment of mental health facilitating the provision of training and continuing education for publicly funded mental health service providers. This activity is leveraged to include broad training needs related to public health and primary care systems and providers. For 2024, msphi has continued the trend of increasing the number of individuals who participate in training activities.

As a partner to mississippi's public health system, msphi has been at the forefront of the state's covid-19 response. Msphi received funding in 2023 from the department of health and cdc to assist with multiple covid-19-related programs and projects aimed at institutions and individuals. Msphi received a significant supplement to cdc reach funding from cdc's immunization bureau. With this funding msphi supported community-based activities that increased immunization rates and compliance among african americans along the mississippi gulf coast.