ADAP Mississippi

ADAP in Mississippi: help paying for HIV medicine

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Mississippi Ryan White Part B AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) helps pay for HIV medicines for Mississippi residents living with HIV whose income is up to 500% of the federal poverty level.

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Ryan White Part B

Mississippi State Department of Health, Ryan White Part B Care and Treatment Division

State ADAP

Mississippi Ryan White Part B AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP)

Income limit 500% of the poverty level

State PrEP program

None we could confirm; almost all health plans must cover PrEP at no charge

Call 1-601-362-4879, Mississippi HIV info line

Mississippi Ryan White Part B AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) eligibility and enrollment

Mississippi Ryan White Part B AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) helps pay for HIV medicines for Mississippi residents living with HIV whose income is up to 500% of the federal poverty level. The state's Ryan White Part B program is run by the Mississippi State Department of Health, Ryan White Part B Care and Treatment Division.

For help in your state: Mississippi's HIV program, or call 1-601-362-4879.

For Black families in Mississippi

10,609 people were living with diagnosed HIV in Mississippi at the end of 2024, and 69% of people 13 and older newly diagnosed that year were Black (our arithmetic from CDC's counts), according to CDC's provisional 2024 data.

My Brother's Keeper, Inc.. My Brother's Keeper, Inc., a Ridgeland nonprofit that began in 1999 as an HIV prevention, care and treatment initiative, runs Open Arms Healthcare Center in Jackson and Hattiesburg, which offers primary care, behavioral health support and PrEP. The state health department lists Open Arms Healthcare Center at 805 E. River Place in Jackson (601-500-7660) as a Ryan White Part B service provider.

University of Mississippi Medical Center Adult Special Care Clinic. The University of Mississippi Medical Center's Adult Special Care Clinic at the Jackson Medical Mall offers HIV specialty care, PrEP, and hepatitis B and C treatment. The state health department lists it as a Ryan White Part B service provider (601-815-3120).