Oklahoma Senators Kevin Matthews and Dave Rader along with Representatives Dan Kirby, Jadine Nollan, Mark Lawson, and Kyle Hilbert attended a tour of Family & Children’s Services (FCS) in Tulsa to learn more about stopping the rise of mental health and addiction in Oklahoma. The tour, led by FCS CEO Gail Lapidus, FCS program chiefs…
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Family & Children’s Services hosted a screening of the new documentary The Listeners at Circle Cinema on November 3. The film follows people who are training as volunteers for a suicide hotline and explores why they are willing to talk to total strangers about suicide. The event sold out and The Listeners director and producer…
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Working at Family & Children’s Services means surrounding yourself with a dedicated staff of professionals who are committed to providing the highest level of client care. Our employees are passionate about the work they do and the lives they change. Your work will be challenging, but rewarding. You will positively impact lives and make a…
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Family & Children’s Services provides 24/7 crisis support and stabilization services customized to individual needs. COPES, Community Outreach Psychiatric Emergency Services, is a telephone and mobile crisis service that responds around the clock to children and adults experiencing a severe emotional or behavioral disturbance or psychiatric emergency. Our CrisisCare Center provides critically-needed psychiatric beds and…
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Cherry-flavored lip gloss, Justin Bieber and Monopoly games that last for days. Things like these occupy the thoughts of most 10-year-old girls. But Ella had different things on her mind: her weight, recurrent run-ins with school bullies, the way it felt to slash her forearms with paper clips and suicide. And Ella was just 10…
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