Mississippi Office of Homeland Security Grant Staff Contacts:

Physical Address (NEW): 209 Allen Stuart Drive. Pearl, MS 39209

Main MOHS Phone Number: 601-987-1278

All grant applications, awards, reporting and grant correspondence, should be emailed to: mohsgrant@dps.ms.gov 

  • Beth Loflin: Grants and Finance Director
    • Email Address: beth.loflin@dps.ms.gov
  • Kayla Stewart-Grants Program Lead
    • Email Address: ksstewart@dps.ms.gov
    • Phone Number: (601)987-1217
  • Orlando Hoard: Grants and Finance Admin
    • Email Address: ohoard@dps.ms.gov
Homeland Security Grants Program Division- 601-987-1278

Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) Program Managers

  • Teresa Wash 
    • Email Address: twash@dps.ms.gov
    • Phone Number: (601) 987-1519
  • Micah Carrington
    • Email Address: mcarrington@dps.ms.gov
    • Phone Number: (601) 987-1231

Non-Profit Grant Program (NP) Program Managers

  • Kim Johnson
    • Email Address: kjohnson@dps.ms.gov
    • Phone Number: (601)987-1518
  • Keondra Wallace
    • Email Address: kwallace@dps.ms.gov
    • Phone Number: (601)987-1212
  • Fazenda Young
    • Email Address: fyoung@dps.ms.gov
    • Phone Number: 601-987-1246

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Program Managers

  • Kayla Stewart
    • Email Address: ksstewart@dps.ms.gov
    • Phone Number: (601)987-1217

State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) Program Managers

  • Nai Kelly
    • Email Address: nkelly@dpd.ms.gov
    • Phone Number: In process

Grant Training Division: MOHS Training offers a wide variety of training opportunities for local and state partners. The trainers below are a small portion of training availability. 

Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program

  • Rebecca Chaney (Program Trainer)
    • Email Address: rchaney@dps.ms.gov

Community Emergency Response Training (CERT)

  • Larry Cagle (Program Trainer)
    • Email Address: lcagle@dps.ms.gov

Monitoring Division: Monitors are in charge of performing Inventory Checks, Programmatic and Financial Reviews for all State and Federal Programs at MOHS. 

  • Steve Latham-Equipment/Inventory Monitor
    • Email Address: slatham@dps.ms.gov
  • Bebea Boney-Equipment/Inventory Monitor
    • Email Address: bboney@dps.ms.gov

Financial Division: MOHS Financial staff manage and handle all state and federal finances, budgets and procurement for the MOHS. 

  • Karen Evans (Financial Program Manager)
    • Email Address: kevans@dps.ms.gov
    • Phone Number: 601-987-1213
  • Rachelle McKinley (Financial Program Manager)
    • Email Address: rmckinley@dps.ms.gov
    • Phone Number: (601)987-1226

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