With Love, Gratitude and Respect to Tessie
How do you say goodbye to an icon in the family movement? An esteemed mentor? A much-beloved friend? I don’t know. But sometimes life gives us no choice. Tessie Brunini…
Watch our Facebook Live Recording from September
In every month that has a fifth Wednesday, Families as Allies schedules a special Facebook Live event where we invite families and the partners that we work with to have…
A Sweet Farewell to Sheldon Smith
Sheldon Smith has worked with Families as Allies since January 2016. He began with the BUDS early childhood project, where he did administrative assistant and family-partner work. His friendly and…
Save The Date! Join Us At Our 7th Annual Virtual Community Partnership Celebration!
Families as Allies has touched the lives of many children and families over the past year. Every year our annual Community Partnership Celebration Fundraiser both honors this good work and…
There’s Still Time to Give Your Input – Sign up for our October Early Childhood Focus Groups
We will be doing three additional focus groups for Mississippi parents and caregivers (a caregiver is someone who is raising a child who is not the child's parent - for example,…
Mississippi Mental Health Lawsuit and Status Conference Update
Last Friday Judge Carlton Reeves held a status conference in the United States Department of Justice's (DOJ) lawsuit against the State of Mississippi's mental health system. We have requested a transcript…
Families: Share Your Thoughts on Your Child’s Healthcare and Receive a Gift Card
Last week we shared with you that Families as Allies is a partner on the University of Mississippi Medical Center's CHAMP (Child Access to Mental Health and Psychiatry) Project. Primary care providers (for…
Child Welfare Professionals Interview: Families as Allies and Family-Driven Practice
Our executive director, Joy Hogge, sat down this past week with Valery Dambreville of Child Welfare Professionals, Inc., for an online conversation about Families as Allies and its mission, along…
Families: Tell Us What You Think About Your Child’s Healthcare
Families as Allies is a partner on the University of Mississippi Medical Center's CHAMP (Child Access to Mental Health and Psychiatry) Project. Primary care providers (for example, pediatricians, nurse practitioners and family medicine…
Parent Peer Support: Why It Matters
We are happy that Coreaner Price, family partner with Families as Allies, had the opportunity to share her experiences with parent peer support at this past Saturday's Hope Rising's Virtual…