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Mississippi Office of Homeland Security Grant Staff Contacts:

Physical Address: 1900 E. Woodrow Wilson Jackson, MS 39216

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

  • Orlando Hoard: Grants and Finance Admin

    • Email Address: ohoard@dps.ms.gov

Homeland Security Grant Program Division

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

Homeland Security Program Managers

  • Teresa Wash (North HSGP Sub-Recipients)
    • Email Address: twash@dps.ms.gov
    • Phone Number: (601) 987-1519
  • To Be Determined (In Process of Hiring-Central)
    • Email Address:
    • Phone Number: 601-987-1225
  • Tykensian Barnes-South HSGP-Sub-Recipients)
    • Email Address: tbarnes@dps.ms.gov
    • Phone Number: (601)987-1505

Non-Profit Program Managers

  • Kim Johnson (Non-Profit Sub-Recipients)
    • Email Address: kjohnson@dps.ms.gov
    • Phone Number: (601)987-1518
  • Keondra Wallace (Non-Profit Sub-Recipients)
    • Email Address: kwallace@dps.ms.gov
    • Phone Number: (601)987-1212

Emergency Operations Program Managers

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

State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP)

  • Micah Carrington (SLCGP Program Manager)
    • Email Address: mcarrington@dps.ms.gov
    • Phone Number: (601) 987-1231

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)

  • 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

Kevin and Avonte Program:

  • Trainer/Response (In Process)
  • Trainer/Response (In Process)

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

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