TULSA, Okla. – Family & Children’s Services (F&CS) implores state legislators to take immediate action to fill the budget hole to ensure that our most vulnerable citizens receive necessary mental health care. Today, the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) announced devastating cuts of $75 million to 700 statewide agencies effective Dec. 1. This will…
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TRENT A. GUDGEL Gudgel serves on the Family & Children’s Services Board of Directors as vice president of program evaluation, quality assurance, and risk. Q: What is the biggest thing you have learned as an F&CS board member? A: I have learned so many things during my time as an F&CS board member. We have so…
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L-3 Westwood, a leader in manufacturing equipment for naval vessels including carriers to submarines, has been helping Family & Children’s Services families in need during Holiday Assistance for the last 21 years. Scott Gilman, L-3 production manager, is a firm believer that childhood is fleeting and that every kid deserves a Christmas. He was happy to…
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This month, Lululemon and ViraVinyasa Yoga School are giving back to the Family & Children’s Services Women in Recovery (WIR) program through Tulsa’s Sweat Collective on Sunday, October 15 and Women’s Clothing Swap on October 21. WIR is an intensive outpatient alternative for eligible women facing long prison sentences for drug-related offenses and is operated…
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Family & Children’s Services helps 1 in 6 Tulsans in need every year. Providing school-based counselors in at-risk schools in the area is just one way.
