The Ally: New Year, New Opportunities |
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 | | | The Mississippi State Legislature began its new session on January 3, 2023. The session lasts 90 days and ends (or adjourns) on April 2 (also known as ). Monday, January 16, is the last day for introducing new bills. We will follow the session and encourage you to do so as well. | | |
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 | | | Each year at our Community Partnership Celebration, we honor four individuals or groups who have exemplified our four core values in the past year. We value every child and family, excellence, partnership and accountability. | | |
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 | | | The Mississippi Division of Medicaid published a notice about the 2023 renewal of 1915c waiver programs and is requesting comments and recommendations on those renewals. Below are some essential points from that notice. (italicized print is quoted directly from Medicaid.) | | |
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 | | | This hour is open for any family member to drop in for all or some of the time to share any concerns or get feedback from others about handling different situations. We ask anyone who stops by to respect the confidentiality of the group and not share anything discussed in the group outside of the... | | |
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 | | | Are you a parent or caregiver raising or raising a child aged 0-21 who has mental health or behavioral health challenges? Would you like to use your lived experience to help another parent who is on the same journey? Then being a parent peer supporter may be for you! | | |
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 | | | Families LEAD is a collaborative project of the Mississippi Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities, MS Parent Training & Information (MSPTI) Center, Mississippi Center for Advanced Medicine (MCAM) with Dr. Victoria Kivlan, Pediatric Audiologist as the Director of this initiative, and Toni Hollingsworth, Project Director of the Mississippi Hearing-Vision Project (MH-VP). | | |
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 | | | " All Events CST National Training & TA Center for Child, Youth, & Family Mental Health The term "foster care-to-prison pipeline" refers to the pathways that position children and youth in the foster care system to be far more likely than their peers to experience incarceration and justice system... | | |
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 | | | 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... | | |
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 | | | Join AFSP's Research Connection: The Social Roots of Suicide presented by Anna Mueller, PhD Learn more about Dr. Mueller's work on the social roots of suicide and the social-contextual and upstream risk (and protective) factors for suicide. | | |
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 | | | Families LEAD is a collaborative project of the Mississippi Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities, MS Parent Training & Information (MSPTI) Center, Mississippi Center for Advanced Medicine (MCAM) with Dr. Victoria Kivlan, Pediatric Audiologist as the Director of this initiative, and Toni... | | |
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 | | | This three-part webinar series will provide an overview of the System of Care Self-Assessment Tool and demonstrate how it can be used to improve outcomes for children and families. Developed by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services over the past five years, this tool is now publicly available... | | |
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 | | | Families LEAD is a collaborative project of the Mississippi Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities, MS Parent Training & Information (MSPTI) Center, Mississippi Center for Advanced Medicine (MCAM) with Dr. Victoria Kivlan, Pediatric Audiologist as the Director of this initiative, and Toni... | | |
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 | | | Language is a powerful tool that shapes how we see the world and other people. The words we use matter, as they have the potential to be both empowering and harmful. This is especially true for words used to describe the experiences of people living with mental illness and substance use challenges. | | |
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 | | | This hour is open for any family member to drop in for all or some of the time to ask questions or get feedback about IEP issues and other school situations. We ask anyone who stops by to respect the confidentiality of the group and not share anything discussed in the group outside of the group. | | |
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 | | | Families LEAD is a collaborative project of the Mississippi Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities, MS Parent Training & Information (MSPTI) Center, Mississippi Center for Advanced Medicine (MCAM) with Dr. Victoria Kivlan, Pediatric Audiologist as the Director of this initiative, and Toni... | | |
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 | | | Join us for our Ninth Annual Community Partnership Celebration to honor this good work and make sure that it continues. | | |
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 | | | Anxiety rates among children have already increased over the last decade, so it's somewhat safe (and depressing) to assume those rates will keep climbing, thanks in no small part to the last three years. According to current stats, approximately 5.8 million children have anxiety. | | |
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