KiDs Grant to benefit basic needs drive for Family & Children’s Services CATS program TULSA, Oklahoma – The Tulsa Kappa Delta Alumnae Chapter was awarded a $3,000 KiDs Grant last week on behalf of Family and Children’s Services to plan and implement a drive to benefit children who are victims of sexual abuse or other traumatic experiences. “We are grateful for…
Christmas music plays softly as 250 families stand in line to obtain a ticket and attend several activity stations set up throughout the Family & Children’s Services’ Child Abuse and Trauma Services (CATS) Holiday party on Dec. 11. After a six-year hiatus, the event was revived thanks to the collaborative effort by the Young Professional…
Since July, two events that have shaken the core of both the Jenks and Broken Arrow communities in the aftermath of tragic, and sudden, deaths of children and teens. In July, the Jenks community recently faced these questions after a car crash south of Oklahoma City ended the lives of one adult and three children.…
Christine Marsh is the Senior Director of the Child Abuse and Trauma Services at Family & Children’s Services (FCS). Marsh has been the director since 1990 when the program was the Family Sexual Abuse Treatment Program before expanding to serve all types of child abuse and trauma experiences. Marsh is a licensed clinical social worker…
In 1983, during the Presidency of Ronald Reagan, April was set aside as National Child Abuse Awareness month as a way of raising awareness for the issues of child abuse in America. The Blue Ribbon that’s associated with child abuse (much as pink ribbons are associated with breast cancer) was first established in 1989, yet…
