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Mississippi Contacts

State Office Contacts

USDA Rural Development
100 W. Capitol St. Suite 831, Jackson, MS 39269
Phone: 601-965-4316 Fax: 1-844-325-7035

Dr. Trina N. George, State Director

Nicole Barnes, Deputy State Director

Community Programs Division
Edgar Grayer, Program Director
Phone: 601-965-5460 Fax: 1-844-325-7034

Rural Business/Cooperative Services Division
Lacari Mosley, Program Director
Phone: 601-965-5457 Fax: 1-844-325-7036

Single Family Housing Division
Ivan Kiani, Program Director
Phone: 601-965-4325 Fax: 1-844-325-7036

Multi-Family Housing Division
Questions About the Multifamily Housing Program? Call 1-800-292-8293
Byron Waters, Southern Regional Director, 919-873-2055
Phone: 601-965-4326 Fax: 1-844-325-7036

Public Affairs and Community Economic Development
Justin Wilkes
Phone: 601-965-4316

Area Office Contacts

Area 1 - Brookhaven Area Office

Tonya Cowart, Area Director
1395 D. Johnny Johnson Dr.
Brookhaven, MS 39601
Phone: 601-833-9321 Fax: 1-844-325-7040

Counties Served: Marion, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Copiah, Simpson, Warren, Pike, Lincoln, Amite, Wathall, Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, Claiborne, Wilkerson

Area 2 - Decatur Area Office
Timothy Baker, Area Director

76 Little Rock-Decatur Rd.
Decatur, MS 39327
Phone: 601-635-2556 Fax: 1-844-325-7045

Counties Served: Rankin, Hinds, Madison, Scott, Holmes, Leake, Lauderdale, Clark, Newton, Jasper, Smith, Neshoba, Kemper, Attala

Area 3 - Grenada Area Office
Tonya Ball and Leon Stevenson, Acting Area Directors

2330-D Sunset Dr.
Grenada, MS 38901
Phone: 662-226-4441 Fax: 1-844-325-7047

Counties Served: Grenada, Carroll, Montgomery, Sunflower, Leflore, Yazoo, Washington, Humphreys, Sharkey, Issaquena

Area 4 - Hattiesburg Area Office
Angela Long, Area Director
113 Fairfield Dr., Ste. 220
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
Phone: 601-261-3293 Fax:  1-844-325-7050

Counties Served: Harrison, Hancock, Pearl River, Stone, George, Forest, Jackson, Perry, Lamar, Covington, Greene, Jones, Wayne

Area 5 - Batesville Area Office
Melanie Balducci, Acting Area Director

175 Broom Ridge Rd., Ste. C
Batesville, MS 38606
Phone: 662-578-7008 Fax: 1-844-325-7037

Counties Served: Bolivar, Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Panola, Lafayette, Marshall, Tunica, Tate, DeSoto, Yalobusha

Area 6 - Starkville Area Office
Clifton Russell
510 Highway 25 N., Ste. 3
Starkville, MS 39759
Phone: 662-323-8031 Fax: 1-844-325-7037

Counties Served: Lowndes, Clay, Noxubee, Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Tippah, Union, Lee, Itawamba, Calhoun, Monroe, Chickasaw, Pontotoc, Oktibbeha, Choctaw, Webster, Winston