Please join Families as Allies for our Community Partnership Celebration on Monday, February 24, from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. at BRAVO! Italian Restaurant. Tickets and sponsorships are still available. During the celebration,…
Please join us in honoring the most recent class of parent-peer supporters at our virtual graduation celebration this Friday, January 17, from 1 to 1:30 p.m. The number of parent-peer supporters in…
The Mississippi State Legislature began its new session on January 7, 2025. The session lasts 90 days and ends (or adjourns) on April 6 (also known as sine die). Monday, January 20, is…
We came to an unexpected fork in the road, which led to us rescheduling our Community Partnership Celebration to February 24, 2025, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. We see this…
On December 20, 2024, the Division of Medicaid Shared this press release: The Mississippi Division of Medicaid is excited to announce the establishment of a new Beneficiary Advisory Council. The…
Join us for Families as Allies' Eleventh Annual Community Partnership Celebration and Fundraiser on Monday, January 27, 2025, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Bravo Restaurant. This special event allows us to…
Families as Allies is helping the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) design a research proposal to submit to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) about the best types of mental health…
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently released a guide on how its chapters can advocate for families to be paid to care for their children and youth with special…
Families as Allies facilitated its monthly policy update on October 23. You can watch the policy discussion here: https://youtu.be/elLjJUZm3S8 During the first half of the discussion, we reviewed recommendations from…
Over the years at Families as Allies, families have consistently called us about how to deal with their children reporting bullying at school. Since school began last August, more families…