The National Day of Remembrance for Homicide Victims (also called 'National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims') is observed annually on September 25 to honor the memories of those lost…
September is Suicide Prevention Month, and September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. We appreciate such awareness events. At the same time, we as parents worry about our children daily.…
The Mississippi Department of Mental Health (DMH) receives federal grant money from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to help adults and children who have mental illnesses…
Making A Plan (MAP) Teams are local interagency groups that include and partner with families to be the single point of entry into the system of care for children with…
Over the past few weeks, we have explained that the Mississippi Department of Education requires public schools to implement multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) for all students, but not all…
Wraparound is a nationally recognized, evidenced-based care coordination model that lets families pick the services they believe will work best for them from their chosen providers. It is in state…
We at Families as Allies are pleased to see the recent report by the Surgeon General, "Parents Under Pressure," which shines a much-needed light on the profound impact parenting can have…
The Mississippi Department of Mental Health shared the following this week: "On June 21, 2024, DMH filed proposed revisions to the 2020 DMH Operational Standards with the Secretary of State's…
Every five years, monitors from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) visit states to evaluate their special education services. In late October, they will be in Mississippi to review…
The US Department of Education has proposed eliminating the requirement that parents of children with disabilities consent to their child's school or district billing Medicaid directly for school-based services such…