Evaluation of Young Children
Families as Allies is doing a five-month-long series looking at the Procedural Safeguards. The Safeguards describe your rights if you think your child might need special education services or if…
Video: Joy Hogge and Wendy Bailey
This week Joy Hogge, executive director of Mississippi Families as Allies, sat down for a chat with Wendy Bailey, the newly appointed executive director of the Mississippi Department of Mental…
US v. State of Mississippi Transcript Now Available
Last month on February 22nd Judge Carlton Reeves held a status conference in the US v. State of Mississippi mental health lawsuit. During the conference, both parties spoke about various…
CHAMP Tele-Psychiatry Virtual Summit Wrap-Up
Families as Allies has been a partner with UMMC’s CHAMP Project since 2019. We believe that our children should be able to get help in the places they already are – for example,…
Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and Youth (ICCCY) Update
We shared with you last month how appreciative we are that Wendy Bailey, the executive director of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, approached Families as Allies about working together…
When the School Calls … and Your Mom Heart Aches
Reflections from Joy Hogge during Women's History Month ... I recently watched the movie Sunshine Cleaning. I was moved by it, but it's an unusual movie and may not be to…
Nikki Flippins: As a Woman and a Mom …
Reflections from Nikki Flippins during Women's History Month... On May 17, 2005, I became a mom. It wasn’t in the traditional way, because I adopted my 5-year-old daughter; nonetheless, I…
Learn More About Procedural Safeguards: Evaluation
Families as Allies is doing a five-month-long focus on different parts of the Procedural Safeguards. The Safeguards describe the rights of families and children related to special education. In February we…
Leadership Training Coming Your Way March 25 and 26
Are you eager to make the systems that serve our children better? Would you like to partner with policymakers to make sure that decisions about families and children are never…
Judge Reeves Issues Follow-Up Order to February 22 Status Conference
Judge Carlton Reeves has issued a follow-up order to the status conference that was held on February 22nd, 2021. During the status conference last week both parties spoke about various ways…