Parenting & Recovery Part 2: Parenting in Long-Term Recovery
Opioid Response Network How does long-term recovery affect parenting? And how does parenting affect one’s long-term recovery? During this panel presentation, we’ll have the opportunity to explore these questions from multiple perspectives, as our panelists share their experiences as mother, father, clinician, advocate, and more. Participants will be able to: • Understand the opportunities and […]
Minority Mental Health Conference
Conference Dates: July 15-16, 2021 Location: Virtual Theme: "Knowing Is Growing" Agenda with sessions and CE information will be announced at a later date. Send questions to stateconference@namims.org.
Board of Mental Health Meeting
Board of Mental Health--IN PERSON Subject: Department of Mental Health Description: Board Committee meetings will be held prior to the Board meeting. The full Board will begin at 9 a.m. MEETING LOCATION Department of Mental Health 239 North Lamar Street Jackson MS 39201 CONTACT INFORMATION: Grenaye Sullivan 601-359-6260 grenaye.sullivan@dmh.ms.gov
Virtual Support Group – July 15
Any parent or caregiver of a child with a behavioral challenge is welcome to join us on the first and third Thursday of each month. There will be time to talk about anything the group would like to discuss. Register here >>
Families as Allies Board Quarterly Board Meeting
Quarterly board meeting of the board of Families as Allies. All meetings are open to the public and include time for public comments. Public comments can also be emailed to info@faams.org or faxed to 601-355-0919. Register Here >>
Fair Housing 101
Mississippi Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities, in collaboration with HUD’s Region IV Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity and Housing Education and Economic Development (HEED), is hosting a Fair Housing Webinar. Discrimination in the sale or rental of housing or housing-related activities is illegal. The Fair Housing Act prohibits this discrimination because of race, […]
An Invitation for Transforming a Bold and Collaborative 21st Century Research Agenda
We want to hear from you! Whether you are a researcher, advocate, legislator, agency or state decision or policy maker, practitioner, or a consumer of the child welfare system with lived experience, we are asking you to participate in a series of engaging and insightful conversations intended to broaden awareness of needed change, identify research […]
What Have We Built Together? Shared Learning from the Community of Practice Series
National Training and Technical Assistance Center Supporting children and youth with high emotional and behavioral needs is often lonely, overwhelming, complex, and not well-understood. How as a caregiver do you navigate school services, child welfare, and other involved systems to get the support you need for your child? How as school providers might we learn […]
Supportive Coaching for Parents Supporting Other Parents
Join us via Zoom for our monthly Coaching and Support session for parents who are supporting other parents in any system.
Affirming and Supporting Our Children as they Go Back to School: Considerations for Families, Educators and Community Members
Sponsored by SAMHSA We have lived through unprecedented times as the realities of the Covid-19 pandemic, racial turmoil, political upheaval and even weather crises spread across our communities. From March of 2020 until this upcoming September of 2021, many schools were completely closed while others offered a hybrid model of education. Many parents were unexpectedly […]