Community-Led Juvenile Justice Convening
2025-06-14 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
Hinds County Children’s Coalition & The Honorable Carlyn Hicks
Join the Juvenile Justice Town Hall Series for a powerful and collaborative event focused on creating solutions for juvenile justice in our community. As part of the Juvenile Justice Town Hall Series, this convening brings together families, youth advocates, community members, and justice system partners to share ideas, resources, and strategies for lasting impact.

Youth Sports Camp
2025-06-16 - 2025-06-20
JT & Friends Foundation
We’re excited to share this opportunity for youth in our community! The JT & Friends Foundation is hosting its 11th Annual Youth Sports Camp, themed “These Are Our Kids.” This free week-long camp provides a fun, safe, and enriching environment for youth to learn, grow, and connect.
Registration opens June 1st. For more information or sponsorship opportunities, call (769) 770-4385

Time is Right Special Education Conference
2025-06-16 07:45 - 2025-06-18 12:30
MDE Office of Special Education
The MDE Office of Special Education is excited to host the 3rd Annual Time is Right Special Education Conference on June 16–18, 2025, at the Riley Center in Meridian!

We have three days of dynamic keynotes and breakout sessions designed to support anyone who impacts students with disabilities. Whether you’re an administrator, family member, teacher (general or special education), early childhood educator, CTE professional, or service provider, there’s something for everyone.

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ESMI TTA Center's Supporting Young Adults Experiencing Early Serious Mental Illness in the Shift from Child to Adult Mental Health Services Webinar
2025-06-17 11:00
SAMHSA
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Early Serious Mental Illness (SAMHSA ESMI TTA Center) is hosting a webinar series that addresses a range of topics related to early serious mental illness (ESMI), including clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P) and first episode psychosis (FEP). SAMHSA grantees are invited to attend.
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NAMI Family & Friends Mental Health Seminar Lunch & Learn
2025-06-18 12:00 - 13:00
NAMI
NAMI Family & Friends Mental Health Seminar Lunch & Learn is a free seminar that informs people who have loved ones with a mental health condition how to best support them. This is a live virtual program.
What You’ll Learn
Trained people lead the seminar with lived experience of supporting a family member with a mental health condition. They will walk you through the following topics.

Understanding diagnoses, treatment, and recovery
Effective communication strategies
The importance of self-care
Crisis preparation strategies
NAMI and community resources

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Effective Strategies to Show Off Your Work
2025-06-18 13:00 - 14:30
National Family Support TAC
If you’re looking for strategies for communicating your work effectively, this session is for you…We all play a role in communicating about the importance of our work to funders, agency leaders, peers, and community members. Join us to learn strategies that will make us more effective communicators! This session will help participants think about how they share their work with others, why that matters, and how to create messages that connect with different people. The session will include opportunities to work together, share ideas, and learn from each other.
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Youth & Young Adult Support Space (YYASS)!
2025-06-18 14:00 - 15:00
National Training & Technical Assistant Center
This Office Hours series provides a virtual learning space for individuals leading and coordinating youth engagement efforts, particularly within System of Care and Healthy Transitions grant communities and those involved in youth-led programs and organizations. Participants may include Youth Engagement Specialists, Youth Coordinators, Program Managers, Youth Peers, and leaders of Youth MOVE chapters or similar initiatives that empower young people with lived experience in youth-serving systems to drive change.
Youth-run program leaders often wear many hats, from launching initiatives and developing peer support models to creating sustainability plans and building community partnerships. These monthly sessions offer an informal, supportive environment for meaningful conversations, resource sharing, peer connection, and personalized coaching from Youth MOVE facilitators.
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Board of Mental Health Meeting
2025-06-19 09:00
Department of Mental Health

The Department of Mental Health Regular Board meeting will be held on June 19, 2025, at 9:00 am.
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Meeting Location

1049 Simpson Hwy 149
Magee MS 39111

Board of Mental Health Meeting
2025-06-19 09:00
Department of Mental Health

The Department of Mental Health Regular Board meeting will be held on August 21, 2025, at 9:30 am.
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Meeting Location

This meeting will be held virtually.

Board of Mental Health Meeting
2025-06-19 09:00
Department of Mental Health

The Department of Mental Health Regular Board meeting will be held on September 18, 2025, at 9:30 am.
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Meeting Location

823 MS 589
Purvis MS 39475

Board of Mental Health Meeting
2025-06-19 09:00
Department of Mental Health

The Department of Mental Health Regular Board meeting will be held on March 19, 2026, at 9:30 am.
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Meeting Location

3550 Highway 468 West
Whitfield MS 39193

Board of Mental Health Meeting
2025-06-19 09:00
Department of Mental Health

The Department of Mental Health Regular Board meeting will be held on April 16, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
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Meeting Location

Virtually from the Central Office

Board of Mental Health Meeting
2025-06-19 09:00
Department of Mental Health

The Department of Mental Health Regular Board meeting will be held on June 18, 2026, at 9:30 am.
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Meeting Location

1937 Briar Ridge Road
Tupelo MS 38804

2025 Mississippi Early Childhood Education Conference
2025-06-23 - 2025-06-26
Mississippi Head Start Association
The Mississippi Early Childhood Conference celebrates the dedication and collaborative spirit of families, educators, and community advocates working to create a brighter future for young learners. As part of the Mississippi Early Childhood Education Conference, this gathering highlights the importance of partnership in supporting children’s development. Attendees can look forward to inspiring stories, opportunities to connect, and meaningful conversations that underscore the transformative impact of working together for Mississippi’s children and families.
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Free Summer Youth Leadership Camp!
2025-06-23 08:00 - 2025-06-27 17:00
MS Families for Kids
Christ United Church is hosting a free Youth Leadership Camp for students aged 11-16 from June 23 to June 27. The camp runs daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 6000 Old Canton Road, Jackson, MS. This exciting program aims to help participants develop essential life skills, evaluate real-life situations, and make positive choices while fostering meaningful connections. With limited spaces, early registration is encouraged to ensure a spot in this enriching summer experience.
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NAMI Smarts - Advocacy Day Lunch and Learn
2025-06-23 12:00 - 13:00
NAMI
NAMI Smarts for Advocacy is a skill-building training that helps people affected by mental health conditions turn their passion and lived experience into skillful grassroots advocacy.
A NAMI Smarts workshop engages participants in hands-on learning to build and strengthen skills to engage in issue advocacy. Whether someone is new to advocacy or has years of experience, people will leave the workshop with messages, step-by-step tools and the practice they need to feel ready to make a difference.
This training is free to NAMI members. Not a member, please consider becoming a member with your local affiliate https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI/Join-NAMI
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Emotional CPR: An Evidence-Based Support for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness and Serious Emotional Disorder and Their Families
2025-06-23 13:30
National Federation of Families
Emotional CPR is an educational program that teaches the skills to assist others through an emotional crisis through Connecting, emPowering, and Revitalizing. SAMHSA has included Emotional CPR as an evidence-based mental health awareness training program that can be useful for healthcare professionals, peers support specialists, and clinicians. Individuals living with serious mental illness (SMI) or serious emotional disturbance (SED) tend to experience more frequent instances of emotional crisis than others. The behavioral health and healthcare providers, school staff, employers, friends, and family members of individuals with SMI and SED can learn strategies and tools to support them in these moments of crisis by completing the Emotional CPR training.
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Fostering Collaborative Partnerships: Lessons from Primary and Behavioral Healthcare Associations
2025-06-24 13:00
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
The National Association of Community Health Centers, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, and John Snow, Inc. will host a webinar showcasing best practices and lessons learned in forging sustainable, effective partnerships throughout the Delta Center Initiative. Past grantees will join a panel discussion about their partnership journeys to improve the integration of primary care and behavioral health care.
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Leadership Coaching and Policy Discussion
2025-06-25 12:00
Families as Allies
This group focuses on understanding current policy issues and also opportunities for leadership training graduates to serve on decision-making committees. Leadership training graduates are strongly encouraged to attend, but the meetings are open to anyone who is interested in learning more about policy.
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BSF Parent Cafes
2025-06-26 09:00
Be Strong Families
If you ever needed a place to learn how to keep families strong—this is it! This information session will give you a complete overview of the Be Strong Families’ Parent Cafés and the process of how to make them a part of your parent outreach.
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Progress Through Partnership: Understanding IEP and IFSP Goals
2025-06-26 11:30 - 12:00
Mississippi Parent Training & Information Center Project
Join the Mississippi Partner Training & Information Center Project as they talk about how you can actively create meaningful academic, behavioral, and functional goals for your child. We’ll break down what makes a strong, educational goal, go over the different parts of a goal, and share tips on how to suggest goals that matter to you and your family during the IEP or IFSP process.
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NAMI Hearts & Minds - Lunch & Learn
2025-06-26 12:00 - 13:00
NAMI
Join NAMI on June 26 at noon for a virtual Lunch & Learn – NAMI Hearts & Minds.
This session will focus on the importance of your social connections on your mental health.
NAMI Hearts+Minds is a wellness program designed to educate and empower you to manage your health better, mentally and physically.
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Backpack Giveaway
2025-06-28 10:00 - 12:00
Blessing Box Flowood
Join Blessing Box Flowood for a Backpack Giveaway at the G. Chastaine Flynt Memorial Library in Flowood on Saturday, June 28th. This free community event will take place from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and backpacks will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Children must be present to receive a backpack.
Donations are Needed! Please support this effort by donating supplies. Visit the Blessing Box Flowood Facebook Page for more details.
Let’s help local families get ready for a great school year!

SMI TTAC Virtual Training: Peer Support for SMI During Care Transitions
2025-06-30 12:00
Serious Mental Illness Training and Technical Assistance Center
Join the Serious Mental Illness Training and Technical Assistance Center (SMI TTAC) for a webinar focused on peer support during care transitions for those experiencing serious mental illness (SMI).
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Bring mental health awareness to youth - Say it Out Loud
2025-06-30 12:00 - 13:00
NAMI
If you are looking for programming for your school or youth organization, NAMI Say It Out Loud is a dynamic program that gets your youth involved and talking about mental health.
This is a program for youth by youth. Your youth will learn real-world skills by conducting the NAMI Say It Out Loud program in your organization.

To learn more, please attend this info session. You will see the NAMI Say It Out Loud program presented by our Open Up MS youth and how you can bring this program to your organization.Say It Out Loud is an educational program aimed at informing the community about how mental illnesses affect youth and young adults.

Raising awareness by sharing information and starting conversations about mental health is key in reducing the negative perceptions and stigmatizing beliefs about mental illness. It is our hope that these presentations will increase the likelihood that teens will seek mental health care when they need it.

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Act With Hope: Community Engagement Approaches
2025-07-01 12:00
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Community plays an integral role in recovery. People recovering from substance use challenges thrive when they are able to connect to support within their own community. Join the National Council for Mental Well being for this webinar, which will explore key strategies for integrating peer recovery support specialists (PRSSs) into community-based environments.
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Supportive Coaching for Parents Supporting Other Parents
2025-07-09 12:00 - 13:00
For any parents supporting other parents in any system. Parent peer support specialists, parent consultants, parent educators, and parents who have completed parent peer support training are strongly encouraged to attend. We will discuss current trends in parent peer support, national standards for parent peer support, continuing education opportunities, and local and state issues affecting parent peer support. The group also provides support and coaching for any specific issues participants share. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 12 noon. We ask that anyone attending respect the confidentiality of the group.
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A Splash of Summer: Vitality Café
2025-07-09 18:00 - 19:30
Be Strong Families
No practice runs. No pause button. Just you, your child, and a world that’s moving at full speed. Whether you’re navigating toddler tantrums, tween eye-rolls, or teen tech obsessions, one thing is clear: this is not a drill—this is parenting in real time!
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An Easy Breezy Ice Cream Social
2025-07-10 10:00 - 14:00
NAMI
NAMI Central Mississippi invites you to an Easy Breezy Ice Cream Social on July 10, 2025, at Hinds Behavioral Health Services in Jackson, MS.
Come cool down, grab a sweet treat, and connect with local NAMI members in a fun and relaxed setting. Whether you’re a new supporter or a longtime friend, this is an excellent opportunity to learn more about mental health resources and the NAMI community.
Date: Thursday, July 10, 2025Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PMLocation: 3450 Hwy 80 West, Jackson, MS 39209Contact: centralms@namims.org
Let’s build community and raise awareness together—one scoop at a time!
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