The Mississippi Legislature created the Coordinator of Mental Health Accessibility position in 2020, tasked with these duties: To perform a comprehensive review of Mississippi's mental health system. To analyze and…
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its recommendations for the budget year that begins October 1, 2026. Congress will now consider these recommendations. The report…
Last month, we shared that one of the most common reasons families call Families as Allies' Parent Concern Line (601-608-7525) is because someone at their child's school has told them…
Mississippi's Medicaid Beneficiary Advisory Council (MBAC) will meet on Friday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Cobb Conference Center inside the Walter Sillers Building at 550 High…
Families as Allies recently launched a new virtual discussion series focused on a "patient-oriented" approach to how research—and ultimately services—work for children and families across Mississippi. In our first session,…
More bills died in the House and Senate this week because each chamber had to vote on bills from the other chamber by Wednesday, March 11, for those bills to…
The Mississippi Early Childhood Development Coalition (ECDC) held a press conference on March 11 at Child Health Awareness Capitol Day to announce its new campaign, One Dial Supports a Child:…
Many bills died on March 3 because that was the deadline for Mississippi state legislators to vote bills out of committee in the opposite chamber from where they began. The…
Last week, we shared with you that Lt. Governor Hosemann and Speaker White are now placing bills passed out of committee on the calendar for a vote by the entire…
This week, we share a press release from the Administration for Children and Families, the federal agency that oversees states' foster care systems and other child welfare programs. This press release describes that…