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…
The federal government mandates that every state has a panel to advise the state education department about special education services. The panel must include parents. Mississippi's panel meets via ZOOM…
Families as Allies continues to follow these bills related to children and families and the systems and issues that affect them. Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann and Speaker Jason White have assigned…
Mississippi's Behavioral Health Planning and Advisory Council met on February 8 at Hinds Behavioral Health Services. Federal law mandates that every state have a behavioral health planning council to serve…
This year, during Black History Month, we would like to get your thoughts on what it means to you and its importance to our continuing dialogue as Americans and citizens…
We hope to see you at the Mississippi Joint Planning and Advisory Council on February 8, from 10 a.m. to noon, at Hinds Behavioral Health (3240 Hwy 80 W Jackson,…
The Mississippi State Legislature convened at the beginning of January. Wednesday, February 14, is legislators' last day to introduce new bills. The session lasts 125 days and ends (or adjourns) on May…
Families as Allies is the state chapter of the National Federation of Families. The Federation wants feedback about how families are doing three years post-pandemic (we know it hasn't been…