Warren-Yazoo Mental Health Service is one of fifteen regional community mental health centers certified by the Mississippi Department of Mental Health to provide comprehensive mental health services. Some of our services are children’s services including case management, day treatment and therapy; chemical dependency services including residential and outpatient therapy; adult services including residential services, psychosocial rehab, elderly day habilitation, crisis services, case management, and outpatient therapy; developmental disabilities services including a work activity center, supervised living, day habilitation, prevocational and community employment services, and case management.. Our ministry is demonstrated in the lives of those we serve, individuals who touch our hearts with their persistence and resilience.

Our History

Warren-Yazoo Mental Health Service has been providing comprehensive services to Warren and Yazoo County residents since 1975. Our current budget is approximately twelve million dollars and our staff of 200 full-time and part-time employees includes psychiatrists, a psychologist, administrators, therapists, social workers, direct care workers, and administrative support staff. The Board and Management Team at Warren-Yazoo Mental Health Service foster an environment where creativity and adaptability lead to new services to meet needs and continue the growth of a healthy and vital community. This forward thinking process has led to the creation of new programs that fit our communities’ particular needs. This innovation and creativity along with the willingness to adapt to changing community needs has offered our agency the opportunity to be a part of pilot projects funded through the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. Warren-Yazoo Mental Health Service is also sited as a model program for community mental health. Warren-Yazoo Mental Health Service receives monitoring visits from the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, Department of Human Services, Mississippi Department of Transportation, and the Mississippi Department of Medicaid. Every other year the Ms Department of Mental Health conducts a certification site visit. Our last Medicaid audit resulted in an error rate of less than 0.25%, which is much less than the allowable error rate of 5%.

No one entity can fully support the needs of everyone living and working in our community. The continual development of services at Warren-Yazoo Mental Health Service includes building capacity within the organization to develop and sustain a culture of partnerships to achieve our mission.Warren-Yazoo Mental Health Service has formed essential partnerships with local schools, community- and faith-based organizations, government agencies, businesses, and other community groups to work together to help individuals and families live in healthy ways and to provide the safe and supportive environments they need to thrive. By fostering collaborations between diverse public and private sector agencies we are better able to address the interconnected needs of individuals we serve through various resources. Based on a shared vision, equity, compatible goals, and mutual respect, consumers benefit from the partnerships by receiving a seamless system of care to meet their individual needs.


Warren-Yazoo Employees

This success of our agency is attributed to our Board of Directors and the more than 200 talented and caring staff members of WYMHS who continue to reach out and improve the lives of individuals with all types of mental health and behavioral health challenges to help them recover and live full, productive lives.

The management team which includes our Executive Director, the Chief Operations Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Director of Clinical Services, the Warren County Director, and the Director of Acute Services; and also the diligence of our Director of Quality Assurance and Information Technology Specialist. Rick Vessell, our Chief Financial Officer, is also a CPA and has a CITP (Certified Information Technology Professional) designation. These dedicated professionals are masters at analyzing both the internal and external organizational environment and then developing a vision and the strategic business objectives that are necessary to respond effectively.
 

Ruth Nixon Warren County Commissioner

Gala Starling Yazoo County Commissioner