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Help in Carthage

11 service locations

Family and youth

Oka Homma Unit

Family and youth

555 RED WATER RD, Carthage · 601-267-5817

Boys & Girls Club

directions · via Boys & Girls Clubs of America, verified 2026-09-05

Red Water Head Start and Early Head Start

Child care and early childhood education

1931 N Pearl St, Carthage · 601-267-9261

Head Start early childhood program — 16 funded slots; operated by Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.

directions · via ACF (Office of Head Start), verified 2026-09-05

Winson Dovie Hudson Head Start Center

Child care and early childhood education

1305 Highway 16 W, Carthage · 601-267-4205

Head Start early childhood program — 77 funded slots; operated by Friends of Children of Mississippi, Inc..

directions · via ACF (Office of Head Start), verified 2026-09-05

Financial assistance

Prairie Opportunity

Utility assistance

201 Chipley Street, Carthage · 601-267-4510

LIHEAP intake office serving Leake County

directions · via ACF LIHEAP Clearinghouse, verified 2026-09-05

Food assistance

Leake Central Elementary School

Meal program

603 Hwy 16 W, Carthage · (601) 267-3837

Free summer meals for kids and teens (2026 season) — sponsored by LEAKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

directions · via USDA Food and Nutrition Service, verified 2026-09-05

MS Band of Choctaw Indians

Food assistanceFood bank

Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) administering agency — distributes USDA foods to income-eligible households living on or near participating reservations.

directions · via USDA Food and Nutrition Service, verified 2026-09-05

Red Water Elementary

Meal program

107 Braves Blvd, Carthage · (601) 267-8500

Free summer meals for kids and teens (2026 season) — sponsored by MS BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS.

directions · via USDA Food and Nutrition Service, verified 2026-09-05

Standing Pine Elementary

Meal program

538 Highway 487 East, Carthage · (601) 267-9225

Free summer meals for kids and teens (2026 season) — sponsored by MS BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS.

directions · via USDA Food and Nutrition Service, verified 2026-09-05

Health care

G. A. Carmichael Family Health Center, Inc

Community health centersliding-scale fees

303 W Franklin St, Carthage · 601-859-5213

directions · via HRSA, verified 2026-09-05

MBCI Red Water Clinic

Health care

1930 N Pearl Street, Carthage · 601-267-8368

Tribal health station

directions · via Indian Health Service, verified 2026-09-05

Substance use and recovery

Weems Community MH Center Leake County Office

Substance use treatment facilityMental health treatment facilitysliding-scale fees

529 East Main Street, Carthage · 601-267-3551

Eligibility: Serves children/adolescents, young adults, adults, seniors.

directions · via SAMHSA (BHSIS), verified 2026-09-05

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