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…
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…
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:…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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 Special Education Advisory Panel…
Mental Health and Wellness Day at the Capitol is Tuesday, March 12, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The Mental Health Association of South Mississippi, NAMI Mississippi, the Association of…
House Bill 1137, which will allow community organizations to distribute Naloxone, the antidote for opioid overdoses, passed unanimously out of the House Public Health and Human Services committee on March…