After many years of hard work and ongoing collaboration with children and families, Albertstein Johnson Pickett is retiring from the Children's Division of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health at…
Vanessa Burkett and Miah Ford, social work students from Jackson State University, finished their semester-long internships with Families as Allies this week. At the start of the semester, they jumped…
Over the past year, Medicaid restarted yearly redeterminations after the federal government halted them for three years during COVID-19. These two tip sheets tell you things you can do if…
As we mentioned in another post, we are grateful to Senator Hob Bryan and Representative Sam Creekmore for conducting hearings about people with mental illness being held in jail while…
Families as Allies compared aspects of Mississippi's civil commitment processes and laws in surrounding southern states.
The Arc of the United States is a national non-profit founded in 1950 by parents who believed that children with intellectual and developmental disabilities "deserve more." They shared with us this great…
The violence that has escalated in Israel and around the world over the past three months is gut-wrenching and terrifying. Everything we do at Families as Allies flows from our…
The holiday season is here, and with it comes a range of experiences and emotions. We at Families as Allies understand that for families, especially those navigating mental health challenges…
For those of you who celebrate Halloween, we know trick or treating can sometimes feel more like a trick than a treat when your child has a disability. Two moms…
In honor of October being Bullying Prevention Month, we've updated (or are in the process of updating, depending on how long it takes) the bully prevention information on the resource page…