An in-home parenting program is now available to all parents of children five and younger in the Tulsa area free of charge at Family and Children’s Services (F&CS). The innovative, evidence-based program, known as Safe Care, was previously available only to families referred to F&CS by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS). Now the…
David, a 32-year-old single father of two young children, had not seen a doctor in many years. He could barely afford medical care for his children. However, when Oklahoma voters approved the expansion of Medicaid, David wondered if he qualified. On June 30, 2020, the Oklahoma Medicaid Expansion Initiative, State Question 802, passed by a majority vote to expand Medicaid eligibility…
Frankie, Nick and Olivia are looking to you for help. During the last 100 years, F&CS has become the premier provider of expert, research-based strategies to heal hurting and abused children, strengthen struggling families and provide hope and a path to recovery for those battling mental health and addiction. During that century of service, we…
A treatment center for children who are abused, traumatized or burdened by poor behavioral health was recently dedicated and renamed in honor of the longtime CEO of Family and Children’s Services (F&CS). The Lapidus Center, which houses several programs dedicated to the well-being of children and their families, was dedicated in honor of Gail Lapidus,…
How Family and Children’s Services program helped a mother and daughter by Morgan Phillips, Tulsa People Magazine photo by Michelle Pollard PART 7 OF 7 ARTICLES IN THE SERIES. Sonya Pyles and her daughter, Arianna Pyles, might still be stuck in the intergenerational cycles of incarceration and addiction if not for Family & Children’s Services. Both are…
