Dear F&CS friend, We want you to meet Alexis, a young girl whose life you unknowingly made better. Alexis held back tears when her mother dropped her off at Nana’s house while she went to work. Alexis loved staying with Nana and going to school on her computer; but she was terrified her mother, who…
(918) 744-4800 Worried? Stressed? Emotionally Exhausted? If you’re having a hard time coping and adapting during this pandemic, our trained mental health professionals are available 24/7 by phone to support you and help you develop new ways to cope during COVID. The COPES COVID Emotional Support Line supports and helps teachers and parents having a…
Michael and his family live in a rural northeast Oklahoma community. Due to the pandemic, his family had lost touch with Rose, a Family & Children’s Services specialist who had only been speaking to his parents via telephone. Because of the interruption, they are only able to complete half of their assessment required to start therapy. But one day, the postal carrier delivers a pleasant surprise – an iPad from Family & Children’s Services. For the…
COVID-19 is the enemy, which makes Jennie’s recovery more precarious. There are hurdles that make getting counseling harder, make getting human contact harder and make getting food, clothing and shelter harder. But conquering hurdles is nothing new for Jennie. As a child, she witnesses the spiral downturn of her parents, who were drug addicts. Adverse childhood experiences essentially led Jennie to opioid addiction. Within a couple of months, she was…
In February, John saw his therapist at F&CS’s Harvard location. Today, he visits with her over a secure video chat. Fueled by the coronavirus (COVID-19), F&CS rapidly shifted to remote services (telephonic and teletherapy) in early March 2020. Now, F&CS therapists, case managers, nurses, physicians and psychiatrists visit with approximately 7,000 Tulsans a week from…
