You’re Invited to Our Sixth Annual Community Partnership Celebration on October 28th!
What an amazing year Families as Allies has had in partnership with all of you! We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Since we last gathered for our…
Katelyn Elizabeth Brown Talks About Children’s Mental Health Awareness
Earlier this year we had the good fortune to meet Katelyn Elizabeth Brown, an amazing young woman who is passionate about children's mental health. Katelyn is also this year's reigning…
US DOJ vs. State of Mississippi: Adult Mental Health Trial Begins
This week was the opening of the trial that is a result of the lawsuit the U.S. Department of Justice filed in 2016 against the state of Mississippi for violating Olmstead.…
Advocacy Panel at NAMI MS State Conference
We appreciate the National Alliance on Mental Illness Mississippi (NAMI MS) inviting us to be part of an advocacy panel during its annual conference last Friday, May 17. (shown at right: Joy…
Check Out The April 2019 Issue of The Ally Newsletter!
Check out the April issue of The Ally newsletter to learn all that's been going on in 2019 and catch up with the latest news. This issue has info about…
Honoring President George H. W. Bush
Families as Allies joins the nation in honoring the life of President George Herbert Walker Bush. President Bush’s signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law in 1990…
Giving Tuesday: In the Spirit of Giving
https://youtu.be/daNn6ucb8kU Today is #Giving Tuesday. I hope that Monica's story and her experience with Families as Allies inspires you to give generously so that families across the state can support each other and work…
What a Celebration!
(Pictured above, from top left, clockwise): Congressman Gregg Harper with Howard Roffwarg and Joy Hogge, Henry Moore and Joy Hogge with representatives from the Community Students Learning Center, Ramona Russum…
You’re Invited to our Fifth Annual Community Partnership Celebration!
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and First Lady Ebony Lumumba, recipients of last year's Helen Reddy Johnson Memorial Award for Valuing Every Child and Family, with Executive Director Joy Hogge, members of…
First Steps: Families Stand Together
Mississippi Today recently published this sobering article by health reporter Larrison Campbell detailing stories of young children with disabilities failing to receive federally mandated early intervention services through the First Steps…