Board Chair Stacey Spiehler: ‘Welcome Terrence Hibbert’
by Stacey Spiehler When my dear friend Joy first approached me about her retirement, and I realized it was on me to find a new executive director, I immediately felt…
Coordinator of Mental Health Accessibility Releases Report on IDD Services
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…
Review the HHS Budget and Let Your Mississippi Senators Know How You Feel
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…
Families: Please Take This Survey If the School Has Asked You to Get Your Child Evaluated
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…
Join These Medicaid Meetings this Week
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…
Our First Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Discussion Was a Success, With More To Come!
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,…
Families as Allies Legislative Update for March 13, 2026
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…
Early Childhood Development Coalition Launches “One Dial Supports a Child” Info Line
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:…
Families as Allies Legislative Update for March 5, 2026
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…
Families as Allies Legislative Update for Feb. 11, 2026
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…