Warren-Yazoo Mental Health Service has been honored by Friends of the Mississippi State Hospital with a Together We Make a Difference Award.

The honor was presented during the Community Mental Health Centers’ annual awards ceremony Aug. 24.

Also receiving a Together We Make a Difference Award was Timber Hills Mental Health Service, in the CMHC’s Region 4. WYMH is in Region 15. The CMHC is a network of 15 regional centers offering community-based mental health services to Mississippi’s 82 counties.

Mississippi State Hospital is at Whitfield and is operated by the Mississippi Department of Mental Health.

WYMH’s offices are in Vicksburg and Yazoo City. Timber Hills serves people in Tippah, Alcorn, Tishomingo, Prentiss and Desoto counties.