Canopy Children's Solutions

CARES Schools are accredited, non-public schools designed to meet the educational and behavioral needs of students whose behavior prohibits participation in the public school setting. The goal of CARES School is for each student to live and learn effectively.

Canopy's CARES Schools are located in Hattiesburg and Jackson. Each school is accredited by the Mississippi Department of Education. The work completed at the CARES School is fully transferable to Mississippi public schools and classes can include traditional and non-traditional academic courses.

CARES Schools serve children in grades 1-12 in a small classroom setting where licensed, certified teaching professionals can address children's academic needs in addition to emotional and behavioral concerns.

CARES Schools offer specialized classrooms and consultations for children on the Autism Spectrum.

All children in Mississippi deserve a permanent, loving home. Canopy recognizes that a caring family with supportive parents is necessary for a child to thrive. We help place children of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds in the safety of a loving home. Canopy has led the charge to ensure that Mississippi adoptions take place through a licensed agency that will always have the best interests of the child at heart.

Recognizing that the adoption process can be overwhelming, we are honored to walk alongside adoptive families through this life-changing experience. That process may include adoption training, education regarding the adoption process, completion of a home study, supportive counseling, finding the best match for each family, and, pre- and post-placement solutions.

Trained and licensed staff help birth parents navigate numerous options available to expecting parents. Referrals to community resources are also provided to meet the needs of the birth parents and child.

Adoptive parents and adoptees often have many questions long after the adoption process is complete. While maintaining the confidentiality of all parties, we provide non-identifying medical and social information to the adoptees placed by Canopy.

Mississippi Youth Programs Around the Clock (MYPAC) is an in-home and community-based solution offered in all 82 Mississippi counties. MYPAC provides parents with an alternative to psychiatric residential treatment services for youth with serious emotional challenges.

Rooted in the belief that a home and family-based environment is in the best interest of every child, we offer Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) to children in the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services child welfare system.

TFC provides a therapeutic, caring environment in a nurturing therapeutic foster home and family. Any child entering our care is supported in reaching his or her permanency plan, whether that is reunification with the family, adoption, permanent
foster/kinship care, or independent living. Each
child is supported by a TFC therapist, and our
therapeutic foster parents receive extensive training
to ensure that each child is given the opportunity to
succeed at home, in school, and in the community.

Warren County Children’s Shelter (Vicksburg) provides refuge for abused, neglected, runaway and homeless youth. WCCS provides beds for 12 children and youth ages birth to 17 who are seeking temporary shelter.

The shelter provides housing, medical care, psychological evaluations, educational services, food, and clothing while delivering solutions for the therapeutic needs of the children who come into their care. The shelter is used for diagnosis and evaluation when children are removed from homes due to abuse or neglect. The center also serves as runaway and homeless youth shelter for children in crisis.

Early Intervention Autism Clinic provides an intensive early intervention program for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder ages 18 months to 8 years old. The clinics utilize the Promoting the Emergence of Advanced Knowledge (PEAK) curriculum and assessments with Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy to help break down communication barriers that impede learning. Intensive therapy, which includes upwards of 25 hours of individualized therapy per week, helps children on the spectrum develop communication skills, fine and gross motor skills, emotional regulation, and overcome sensory and learning challenges.

in-CIRCLE is a program administered by Canopy Children’s Solutions in partnership with Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services (MDCPS). The program provides family preservation services and family reunification services. Anchored in the belief that the best place for every child is a permanent, loving home, Canopy works to keep families together and children safe.

After we ensure the safety of each family member in preservation cases, in-CIRCLE provides intensive support to help the family through crisis to prevent removal of children from the home. In instances where children have already been removed, in-CIRCLE works to reunite the family through ongoing therapeutic and support solutions.

Family Preservation Solutions are designed to keep families together, particularly in situations where children and adolescents are at risk of being removed from their homes. MDCPS must have a case open; although, youth may or may not be in MDCPS custody. Canopy provides preservation solutions for up to 8 weeks.

Family Reunification Solutions are tailored to families where youth have been removed from their home and placed in MDCPS custody for less than 8 months. Canopy provides reunification solutions for up to 16 weeks.

The South Mississippi Child Advocacy Center (CAC) offers forensic interviewing to children when there are allegations of abuse, neglect, or violence. Without the CAC, a child experiencing abuse has to tell his story over and over again: to the police, a doctor, a social worker, an investigator, and a counselor. This places an incredible amount of undue stress on a child who is already traumatized. The CAC gives children a place where they can come and tell their story a single time.

Following the interview process, the CAC brings together many services and resources under one roof in order to protect the child and effectively support prosecution.

The Canopy Behavioral Health Clinic serves children and youth up to age 21. Our outpatient solutions help children and families manage symptoms associated with behavioral and mental health. Our therapists provide treatment for a wide variety of childhood emotional and behavioral problems.

The Therapeutic Day Treatment Program is for youth who are struggling to maintain appropriate participation in traditional school setting due to behavioral or emotional problems. We bring solutions to a full range of challenges including depression, anxiety, defiance and aggression. Treatment is provided after school.