Last Friday, January 17, the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) posted on its website, Facebook page and X feed that it was submitting a proposal to amend its block grant funding so that it could redirect almost…
The Mississippi State Legislature began its new session on January 7, 2025. The session lasts 90 days and ends (or adjourns) on April 6 (also known as sine die). Monday, January 20, is…
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently released a guide on how its chapters can advocate for families to be paid to care for their children and youth with special…
On September 26, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that oversees Medicaid, sent a letter to all state Medicaid directors titled "Best Practices for…
Last week, we shared with you that the Mississippi Department of Mental Health (DMH) had published its proposed certification standards changes for public comment. We thank the DMH for opening…
On August 28, Drew Snyder, executive director of the Mississippi Division of Medicaid, appointed Joy Hogge, executive director of Families as Allies, to the Medicaid Advisory Committee (MAC) as a…
Below are the highlights of the written feedback Families as Allies submitted to the K-12 Mental Health Task Force in conjunction with Executive Director Joy Hogge's verbal feedback in the…
The Mississippi K-12 Mental Health Task Force held its third set of meetings on Wednesday, August 7, and Thursday, August 8. You can watch the livestream of the meetings on the Senate YouTube channel.…
Our core values at Families as Allies are every child and family, excellence, partnership and accountability. We want to hold the systems that work with our children accountable for these values. We…
On June 12, the United States Senate Committee on Finance held a hearing about youth psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs). The hearing coincided with the release of this report: Warehouses Of Neglect:…