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Opportunity Center Director Christie Burnett knows all about how mental illness affects the homeless community in Jackson. Many of the clients she serves do not know about or receive necessary services.

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Left to Fend: The State’s Mental Health Failure

In 2013, MSH decided, with help from the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, to close their community-based services and prioritize their acute inpatient care at Whitfield.

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