Tulsa has been faced with high suicide rates and untreated mental illness. These issues have spiraled into crisis, which overwhelms first responders. As a result, the Community Response Team was formed in response to these needs. This collaboration between Family & Children’s Services COPES, Tulsa Police and Tulsa Fire is a mobile mental health crisis…
Fourteen-year-old Julia was scared, exhausted and depressed. She didn’t have many friends at school and felt isolated. She couldn’t handle the pain she was feeling anymore. However, her mother noticed her behavioral changes and contacted COPES for Kids. COPES, a program of Family & Children’s Services (F&CS), provides support for adults and children in suicidal…
On Tuesday, July 23, Family & Children’s Services hosted a strategic planning session for its program directors at its Central location. Every five years, F&CS pauses and takes stock of the agency’s future direction, which results in a formal strategic plan. CEO Gail Lapidus’ presentation unveiled what industry drivers could affect the agency’s future, and…
Food: Tulsa Dream Center 200 W. 46th St N Tulsa, OK 74126 (918) 430-9984 Provides food baskets every Tuesday and Thursday at 1:00pm. Assistance can be received 1x per week Hot meals are served every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 12 to 12:45 p.m. No ID is required. Boston Ave Helping Hands 700 S Boston…
Family & Children’s Services employees Greer Fites and Nic Dubriwny were honored on May 5 during the master’s level graduation party for students from the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work at the University of Oklahoma. Fites received the 2018 Oklahoma Heart of Social Work Award, an award initiated over a decade ago at the request of social work students who wanted to honor…
