Join Us for the Behavioral Health Planning and Advisory Council Meeting on August 8
We hope to see you at the Mississippi Joint Planning and Advisory Council this Thursday, August 8, from 10 a.m. to noon, at Hinds Behavioral Health (3240 Hwy 80 W…
US Senate Hearing on Youth Residential Treatment Facilities: Share Your Feedback
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:…
Three Mississippi Meetings This Week That You Should Know About
We want to call your attention to three meetings scheduled this week: 1. Special Education Advisory Panel Meeting Federal law requires every state to have a special education advisory panel…
Sending Our Sweetest Retirement Wishes To Albertstein Johnson Pickett
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…
Best Wishes to our Spring Interns from Jackson State University!
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…
What To Do If Your Child Loses Medicaid or CHIP
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…
Suggestions for Future Mental Health Hearings About Civil Commitments
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…
Comparing Mississippi’s Commitment Procedures to Nearby States
Families as Allies compared aspects of Mississippi's civil commitment processes and laws in surrounding southern states.
Decision-Making Resources from The Arc of the United 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…
Talking to our Children about Violence in Israel and Palestine
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…