The roof at the F&CS Sarah and John Graves Center, a building with an inflow of approximately 600 people a day, is leaking and in need of repair. Thankfully, with the generous support of the Home Builders Association’s (HBA) Charitable Foundation and Morningcrest Healthcare Foundation, enough funds have been raised to repair the roof that…
Twenty-two strong, the Family and Children’s Services (F&CS) Young Professional Advisory Council (YPAC) gathered at the Sarah and John Graves Center to celebrate the launch of the pilot year for YPAC. YPAC was established with a three-part mission: Spread awareness about F&CS, involve young professionals through volunteer opportunities and foster F&CS future leaders through involvement.…
Family & Children’s Services will mark the grand opening of the Family & Children’s Services Thrift Store, located at 724 S. Utica, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, October 5. The Tulsa Regional Chamber will be present for the event scheduled to take place at 10:30 am. While Tulsa gains an exciting new option for…
My name is Kate and I am 22 years old. I started being bullied in middle school. The boys started getting taller and the girls were getting prettier, apart from me. I was considered overweight for thirteen. I didn’t have many friends, except food. Food was my comfort and the only thing I had control…
Let down and locked up: Why Oklahoma’ female incarceration is so high [revealnews.org] by Ziva Branstetter, Allison Herrera, Harriet Rowan and Eric Sagara The stories behind Oklahoma’s disproportionately high female incarceration rate are the subject of an upcoming investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and a forum in Oklahoma City that will explore the experiences…
