As Judge Carlton Reeves noted in his July 14th order, it has been ten years since the initial Department of Justice findings letter, five years since the DOJ filed a lawsuit,…
Last fall, Families as Allies joined a group of organizations from across the state, the Mississippi Coalition to End Corporal Punishment. The group was convened by Ellen Reddy of the Nollie…
Conservatorship, the legal act of one person assuming legal responsibility for the financial and life decisions of another person due to that person being deemed incompetent to do so, has…
Last month was the 21st anniversary of the ruling in the landmark Supreme Court case, Olmstead v L.C., and we noted in this newsletter that the anniversary occurred just as the…
We all know the relief and feeling of being understood when we are going through something difficult and meet someone who has been in the exact same shoes. That shared…
Last night our executive director, Joy Hogge, took part in a live online panel discussion hosted by Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) about the state of our mental health system in…
Last Tuesday, June 22, was the 21st anniversary of the ruling in the landmark Supreme Court case, Olmstead v L.C., which established that people with disabilities, including mental illness, have the…
I appreciated being invited to write this column for the Northside Sun. Since the time the column was written, both the United States and the State of Mississippi submitted their responses to the Special…
In September 2019, Judge Carlton Reeves found that “Mississippi’s system of care for adults (with serious mental illness) violates the integration mandate of the ADA”. In early 2020, he appointed…
The Mississippi Division of Medicaid is changing the way it pays for services for children who are currently receiving support through Mississippi Youth Programs Around the Clock (MYPAC) effective July 1. This…