We were delighted that Jasmine Mclaurin, a bachelor's-level social work student at the University of Michigan-Flint, completed her internship with us this past semester. While with us, Jasmine supported families…
During May, we presented a series of webinars highlighting the theme of Children's Mental Health Acceptance Week: "Lighting the Path to Social Justice for Children and Youth." Each webinar reflected these values:…
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) hosted its 2024 Children Youth and Young Adult Mental Health Symposium on May 17. The theme of the Symposium was Championing Mental Health Together. …
The National Wraparound Initiative published English and Spanish versions of the revised and updated Wraparound Process User's Guide: A Handbook for Families. The Guide explains what families can expect from Wraparound…
The federal government mandates that every state has a panel to advise the state education department about special education services. The panel must include parents. Mississippi's panel meets via ZOOM…
We want to call your attention to three meetings scheduled this week: 1. Special Education Advisory Panel Meeting Federal law requires every state to have a special education advisory panel…
After many years of hard work and ongoing collaboration with children and families, Albertstein Johnson Pickett is retiring from the Children's Division of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health at…
Vanessa Burkett and Miah Ford, social work students from Jackson State University, finished their semester-long internships with Families as Allies this week. At the start of the semester, they jumped…
Many bills may die in the House and Senate this week because each chamber has to vote on bills from the other chamber by April 10, 2024, for those bills…
We at Families as Allies wanted to make sure you saw this from the Mississippi disAbility MegaConference Planning team: We are excited to announce that registration for the 2024 Mississippi…