Employment Services in Mississippi

In Mississippi the Department of Mental Health both runs and certifies I/DD services. Its waiver pays for Job Discovery, Job Development and Job Maintenance, and its safety rules ban every form of restraint.

Mississippi at a glance

Agency for employment services	Department of Mental Health, Bureau of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
How employment is funded	ID/DD Waiver and the IDD Community Support Program (1915(i))
Vocational rehabilitation	Department of Rehabilitation Services (MDRS), including VR for the Blind
Medicaid agency	Division of Medicaid
Minimum wage	Federal $7.25 (no state minimum wage law)

The three biggest differences

Discovery, Development, Maintenance. Separate waiver services with new rates from January 2026 map onto the package's journey.
No restraint at all. Physical, mechanical and chemical restraint are banned in every setting, and abuse goes to the state within 8 hours.
Strict screening. Fingerprint checks every two years and registry checks every month for community staff.

What the full addendum gives you

Twelve sections, filed directly behind Volume 0 and adopted by a single change request. Every rule cites its official source; anything not yet confirmed is marked for verification, never guessed.

How to use the addendum, and the three biggest differences
At a glance: every Maryland role and its local equivalent
Crosswalk: each Maryland reference, its replacement, and where it is amended
Waiver (or local) employment services: codes, units, rates, limits
Vocational rehabilitation: becoming a vendor, fees, invoicing, fading
Provider certification and staffing
Incident reporting and protection from harm
Billing, records and retention
Local law that changes the package: wages, recording, false claims, safety, breach
State-use purchasing and contract sites
Volume-by-volume amendments, 0 to 15
Open items to verify, and the official sources

Request the Mississippi addendum Start the fit assessment

The addendum is issued with the Adoption License. Ask for it here and the Adoption Office replies within one business day.