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Mon, 04/12/2021

Power of Hope training scheduled for April 13, 14 and 15 in Oxford, Pearl and Gulfport
 
    Hope Focused Court Training programs will be presented on April 13, 14 and 15 by Chan…

Thu, 02/04/2021

  
    One hundred and twenty-one people from about  40 organizations all across Mississippi were recently trained as “hope navigators” so that they can teach others.
    The objective…

Wed, 02/03/2021


     Collaboration between the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services and the judiciary was in the spotlight in the "Child and Family Services Reviews Round 3 Report for Legal…

Thu, 01/28/2021

Children need to be told that they matter

            Children need to know…

Wed, 01/20/2021

Virtual training in the power of hope scheduled for Jan. 26 and 27

January 20, 2021
    Hope is the key to improving outcomes for children and families who have experienced abuse…

Thu, 11/26/2020

    Social services workers on Wednesday delivered Thanksgiving food boxes to 15 families who were recently reunited with their children in Hinds County Youth Court.
    “These are families…

Thu, 11/19/2020

     A study of child neglect cases in Hinds and Washington counties seeks to determine whether providing housing assistance to struggling families…

Wed, 11/11/2020

 

Sandra Parks, a longtime champion of issues affecting children, died on Tuesday, Nov. 10.

Wed, 11/11/2020

Judges elect conference officers

November 6, 2020
    Chancellor Rhea Sheldon of Purvis recently was elected chair of the Conference of Chancery Court Judges. Chancellor Robert G.…

Thu, 10/29/2020


    Supreme Court Justice Dawn Beam  was honored Oct. 28 as the recipient of the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project’s Beacon of Justice Award.
    The…

Wed, 10/28/2020

    The Mississippi Commission on Children’s Justice last week asked leaders in child welfare to rethink how the state’s system responds to allegations of child neglect…

Wed, 06/03/2020

Carlyn Hicks appointed Hinds County Court Judge

July 9, 2020
    Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph has temporarily…

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