Not started or approaching school exit
Start with the correct Mississippi IDD Regional Center
Contact the appropriate Regional Center and arrange the IDD and level-of-care evaluation.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Find Mississippi IDD Regional ProgramsBefore you start
- Name, age, county, address, contact information, diagnoses, developmental history, current supports and risks, communication needs, representative information, and available psychological, adaptive, school, and medical records.
Who to contact
Use the correct IDD Regional Center, Support Coordinator, Mississippi Medicaid Regional Office, DMH provider or helpline, complete-notice hearing route, crisis service, or setting-specific protective-report route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Use the official Regional Program service-area information to identify the appropriate center.
- Contact the center and request the evaluation process for community IDD and ID/DD Waiver services.
- Save the date, office, contact, information supplied, and stated next event.
Expected next
Evaluation appointment, record request, intake follow-up, or named next step.
Save this proof
Contact log, records supplied, appointment, requests, and next-event date.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask the Regional Center to confirm receipt, the assigned owner, missing records, and the next written event.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Start with the correct Mississippi IDD Regional Center checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Owner and program
- Date started
- Documents supplied
- Written result
- Open dependency
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from Start Mississippi IDD and ID/DD Waiver services, Find Mississippi IDD Regional Programs, Review Mississippi IDD and person-centered planning FAQs
Official resources
Limits
A referral or autism diagnosis does not establish IDD eligibility, ICF/IID level of care, Planning List placement, Medicaid, waiver enrollment, BIDD approval, or service start.
Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.