DGMS with DRMS
DGMS with DRMS
Disability Rights Mississippi
Don't Get Me Started...On Mental Health Care with DRMS' PAIMI Coordinator
42 minutes Posted Jun 7, 2021 at 8:02 pm.
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Greta is joined by Tony Sheppard, Coordinator of DRMS' Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) program. Greta and Tony chat more about the program and the latest in the ongoing Mississippi Department of Mental Health suit. If you are interested in joining the PAIMI Advisory Council, visit drms.ms/contact to get in touch.
Sources/Additional Links: Clarion Ledger: Federal attorneys: Mississippi must expand community-based mental health services, May 28, 2021
(https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2021/05/28/mental-health-services-mississippi-doj-pushes-expansion/5248002001/)
AP: Mississippi asserts it is meeting mental health mandates, May 3, 2021
(https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-health-mental-health-business-747d99d4893144b6779cbb408676f0aa)
Families as Allies – (https://www.faams.org/blog/)