K-12 Mental Health Task Force to Discuss Suggested Improvements
The Mississippi K-12 Mental Health Task Force will meet on Wednesday, September 18, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in room 216 of the Mississippi State Capitol. Here is the agenda…
Special Education Advisory Panel Meets September 18 at 10:00 AM
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 IN PERSON…
Special Education Advisory Panel Meets in Person August 21 from 10 to noon
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 IN PERSON…
K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Task Force Holds First Meeting
The Mississippi State Legislature passed Senate Bill 2727 during its 2024 regular session. This law establishes the Mississippi K-12 Mental Health Task Force for 2024. The law requires the Task Force…
Join Us this Saturday and Learn to Help Us with Outreach
Families as Allies is training interested parents and caregivers (someone other than a parent raising a child with a behavioral health or related challenge) to help with outreach in communities…
Mental Health Acceptance: Making Sure Policies Affecting Our Families Are Just
During May, we presented a series of webinars highlighting the theme of Children's Mental Health Acceptance Week: "Lighting the Path to Social Justice for Children and Youth." Each webinar reflected these values:…
Recapping the Fostering Family-Centered Solutions Panel: ‘We are Them’
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) hosted its 2024 Children Youth and Young Adult Mental Health Symposium on May 17. The theme of the Symposium was Championing Mental Health Together. …
Mississippi disAbility MegaConference Registration is Open!
We at Families as Allies wanted to make sure you saw this from the Mississippi disAbility MegaConference Planning team: We are excited to announce that registration for the 2024 Mississippi…
Early Childhood ECHO: A Virutal Network for Everyone Who Cares About Young Children
The Social Sciences Research Center at Mississippi State University shared an exciting opportunity for families of young children and others working with young children to learn from and support each…
Help Us Celebrate Mississippi’s Newest Parent-Peer Supporters this Friday, March 22nd at 1 p.m.
Please join us in honoring the most recent class of parent-peer supporters at our virtual graduation celebration this Friday, March 22, from 1 to 1:30 p.m. The number of parent-peer supporters…