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…
The Social Sciences Research Center at Mississippi State University shared an exciting opportunity for families of young children and others working with young children to learn from and support each…
Families as Allies continues to follow these bills related to children and families and the systems and issues that affect them. Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann and Speaker Jason White have assigned…
In recent weeks, we have shared with you news stories and our outrage about authorities jailing Mississippians with mental illness simply because they need care during a crisis. Mississippi is…
We're excited to see the National Federation of Families and the National Family Support TA Center launch "Partnering with Families in Behavioral Health," a new online course for behavioral health providers that…
Please join us in honoring the most recent class of parent-peer supporters at our virtual graduation celebration this Friday, March 22, from 1 to 1:30 p.m. The number of parent-peer supporters…