Miss. Code Ann. § 61-1-23

All monies accepted for disbursement by the commission pursuant to Section 61-1-19 shall be deposited in the state treasury, and unless otherwise prescribed by the authority from which the money is received, kept in separate funds, designated according to the purposes for which the monies were made available, and held by the state in trust for such purposes. All monies are hereby appropriated for the purposes for which the same were made available, to be expended in accordance with federal laws and regulations and with this chapter. The commission is authorized, whether acting for this state or as the agent of any of its municipalities or other person or persons, or when requested by the United States government or any agency or department thereof, to disburse such monies for the designated purposes, but this shall not preclude any other authorized method of disbursement.