THE TULSA COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE JOINS THE SAFETY AND JUSTICE CHALLENGE TO REDUCE THE RATE OF FAILURES-TO-APPEAR AND INCREASE CONNECTIONS TO SOCIAL SAFETY NET RESOURCES Tulsa, Okla. (October 24, 2018) – The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today announced that Tulsa County is one of 12 additional jurisdictions joining the Safety and…
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Family & Children’s Services (F&CS), Oklahoma’s largest Community Mental Health Center, has been awarded a $4 million federal grant from The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to establish a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC) – a new national model of care which increases access and integrates physical care with expanded mental…
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Community Outreach Psychiatric Emergency Services (COPES) is a telephone crisis line and mobile crisis service that responds 24/7 to children and adults experiencing severe emotional or behavioral disturbances or psychiatric emergencies in Tulsa County. The people who answer the calls at COPES – the voices that assure, listen and help – are skilled, trained counselors.…
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Thanks to a generous gift from The Anne & Henry Zarrow Foundation, Family & Children’s Services (F&CS) and Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences (OSU-CHS) are honored to be selected as the recipients of an in-kind, transformative gift of Legacy Plaza West, the largest in a three-building complex on east 31st Street, formerly Dollar…
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UPDATE: The Community Response Team is set to launch February 13 on a twice-a-week basis after being awarded a $106,000 grant from the Tulsa Area United Way, with a goal to become self-sustaining and expand its days of service. Tulsa has one of the highest rates of mental illness and suicide in the nation. Despite…
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