Joy Hogge, executive director of Families as Allies, asked three key leaders in Mississippi how they would "flip the script" on children's mental health in the state. In this video…
The Mississippi Division of Medicaid will hold a public hearing on Mississippi Administrative Code Title 23, Part 223, Rules 1.3, 1.5, 1.8, 2.5, and 6.1-6.6. This code section involves the proposed…
Over the past two weeks, we have shared information with you about the Division of Medicaid's proposed policy change regarding Mississippi Youth Programs Around The Clock (MYPAC). The Division has…
Earlier this month, we shared with you the State of Mississippi's proposed remedial plan to address the ways the state's mental health system was found in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act in…
The Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP) of the Mississippi Department of Education will meet by Zoom next Wednesday, May 26th, at 10 a.m. Anyone can attend the meeting by phone or online. The…
On April 30, the State of Mississippi published its remedial plan to address the issues identified in the mental health lawsuit. In the plan, the state asserted that "Mississippi is now…
The Child Access to Mental Health and Psychiatry service, or CHAMP, is a program out of the University of Mississippi Medical Center that Families as Allies is proud to be…
Last week we shared with you that the Mississippi Division of Medicaid is proposing to change the way it pays for Mississippi Youth Programs Around the Clock (MYPAC) services. Rather than pay…
The Mississippi Division of Medicaid published a number of proposed changes to policies this past week. One of the proposed changes is to "remove Mississippi Youth Programs Around the Clock…
The Mississippi Department of Education's Procedure Manuals for Special Education are available online. They were written by a group of people that included parents and are fairly easy to read and…