On September 22, 2022, the State's attorneys filed objections to Dr. Michael Hogan's second monitoring report in the ongoing mental health lawsuit, stating "the Remedial Order (ECF 278) does not contain recognized, objective criteria for determining…
A panel of judges for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will hear oral arguments for the State of Mississippi's appeal in the U.S. v. Mississippi…
In 2019, after a four-week trial, Judge Carlton Reeves ruled that Mississippi's mental health system violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because adults with mental illness end up segregated in…
This fall, the Mississippi Senate Study Group on Women, Children and Families will hold four public hearings designed to learn the needs of families and young children in Mississippi. Lt.…
Please join us in honoring the most recent class of parent-peer supporters at our virtual graduation celebration this Friday, September 16, from 1 to 1:30 p.m. The number of parent-peer…
Several months ago, Justice Department attorneys filed a motion asking if they could speak to community mental health center employees outside the presence of the State's attorneys. The State's attorneys…
The July 2022 guidance from the US Department of Education recognizes that sometimes some schools "informally issue or propose a disciplinary removal in response to a student's disability-based behavior." An example of…
The July 19, 2022 guidance from the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) details important points about how students should…
When a child has significant behavior challenges at school, school districts sometimes tell families to obtain a threat or risk assessment of their child through the mental health system before…
On July 19, 2022, the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) released new guidance about schools not discriminating…