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What is a lame duck session?

The lame duck session is any meeting of the House of Representatives or Senate that takes place after a November election and before the new Congress starts their new session. This also applies to presidents and other lawmakers who are retiring or did not win their...

NIH Strategic Plan for Disability Research

NIH Strategic Plan for Disability Research

The National Institutes of Health is in the first stage of developing an agency-wide NIH Strategic Plan for Disability Research. The strategic plan will identify scientific themes and develop operational goals and objectives to advance research activities that promote...

Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap

Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap

Check out the newly released 2024 Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap. The Roadmap provides a summary of state progress on the following 12 recommended policies and strategies. In addition, the Roadmap provides details on the impact of each recommendation, how to...

Meet Your F2F: Mississippi

Families as Allies was established in Mississippi in 1992 as the state chapter of the National Federation of Families and the only statewide organization run by and for families of children with mental health challenges. We support each other and work together to make...

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