COPES 911, a program of Family & Children’s Services (F&CS) has received a $50,000 grant from Telligen Community Initiative (TCI), a private, Iowa-based charitable foundation. This grant was one of only 15 grants selected for TCI’s 2021 Iowa and Oklahoma-based funding cycle, which awarded a total of $676,430 in grants to nonprofit organizations in these…
The City of Tulsa 911 Mental Health Collaborative, a partnership between the City of Tulsa 911 Public Safety Communications (PSC), Tulsa Police, Family & Children’s Services Community Outreach Psychiatric Emergency Services (COPES) and the Tulsa Area United Way, has expanded to serving Tulsans from two to five days a week. The Collaborative quickly connects 911…
The Police One Stop expansion will help those experiencing mental health crisis access critical care Today, partners in Tulsa’s mental health crisis system announced an expansion of the CrisisCare Center at 1055 S. Houston Ave., creating a single-entry point for law enforcement to take individuals experiencing mental health crises. The expansion is made possible by…
Launched September 3, the City of Tulsa 911 Mental Health Collaborative is a new initiative that quickly connects non-emergent mental health-related 911 calls to a new member of the 911 dispatch center team – a mental health crisis expert. 911 callers in psychiatric distress can be complex and draining on first responder resources. Diverting these…
Family & Children’s Services (F&CS) is one of five local nonprofits that will share $300,000 in Social Innovation grants from the Tulsa Area United Way (TAUW). The grants are given to 501(c)(3) organizations that present innovative plans to overcome challenges in the community. Ideas were presented to a panel of volunteer judges, who were looking…
