Community Response Team Continues to Help Tulsans in Need
Tulsa has one of the highest rates of mental illness and suicide in the nation. Despite the enormity of the problem, state funding for public mental health continues to decline,…
Tips for talking to children and teens after traumatic events
Tragedies in Broken Arrow this weekend followed by the shooting massacre in Las Vegas leave us all in disbelief over life’s vulnerability. With heavy hearts, Family & Children’s Services joins…
After frightening her sister, Kate found COPES
My name is Kate and I am 22 years old. I started being bullied in middle school. The boys started getting taller and the girls were getting prettier, apart from…
COPES provides suicide prevention awareness at ONEOK Field
On Saturday, Sept. 2, our COPES team joined thousands of fans at ONEOK Field. As the stadium began to fill up, our team was setting up to bring awareness to…
The obsession with the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why”
As the Associate Chief Program Officer for Family & Children’s Services Crisis Services, I work in suicide prevention and have been filled with concern about the Netflix series 13 Reasons…