January 2019: Congratulations to all mental health court and drug court graduates! For many, this is a life transformation! Graduation is a tremendous accomplishment as participants had to overcome obstacles of daily responsibilities in addition to strict court and treatment requirements. Mental Health Court bridges two disciplines, criminal law and mental health treatment, in a judicially,…
Piper Kerman is a Tulsa Town Hall featured speaker for the 2017-18 subscription series. For the first time, Tulsa Town Hall is offering a single-ticket evening presentation on the same topic that Piper Kerman will cover at Tulsa Town Hall on Friday morning: “The Real Life Story of Orange Is the New Black.” Although a popular Netflix series is…
Stephania Grober Why did you first get involved with F&CS? In 2015, Ted Haynes, the president of BCBSOK, was the chair of the Tulsa Area United Way campaign and he made it a point to visit all 64 agencies and invited other folks from BCBSOK to attend with him. I made several of the visits…
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, resulting in an under-resourced system for early intervention and treatment. Consequently, highly treatable issues spiral into crisis, overwhelming first responders with emergency calls. Part of…
Adrieanne Ralph spoke through tears, “Getting a job at the Family & Children’s Services Thrift Store was a pivotal moment for me. It allows me to help someone in need every day through finding a treasured coat or giving someone a kind word.” Ralph isn’t a stranger to finding small treasures in life. She has lost…
