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…
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by Morgan Phillips, Tulsa People Magazine PART 6 OF 7 ARTICLES IN THE SERIES. Ask anyone who is responsible for the growth and success of Family and Children’s Services over the past 47 years, and the answer becomes redundant: Gail Lapidus. Lapidus joined the organization in 1974 as a fresh-faced 22-year-old hired for outreach in Tulsa’s…
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by Morgan Phillips, Tulsa People Magazine PART 5 OF 7 ARTICLES IN THE SERIES. In the 2000s, a huge shift propelled the growth of Family & Children’s Services from a $6 million budget in 1999 to $26 million by 2008. The organization transformed from family service agency to mental health provider to combat growing depression,…
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by Morgan Phillips, Tulsa People Magazine PART 4 OF 7 ARTICLES IN THE SERIES. Over the years, Family & Children’s Services operated branch offices to serve communities in north, east and west Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Owasso and Claremore. In the 1970s, east Tulsa was booming with working-class families when F&CS launched services at the local…
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On Thursday, Oct. 21, Family & Children’s Services’ Women in Recovery (WIR) held a virtual graduation for Class 34. Ten graduates, who collectively struggled in their addiction for 176 years prior to WIR, proudly told their stories reflecting their path to recovery, WIR’s staff dedication, the support of the courts, volunteers and partners. Because of…
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