UPDATE: The Community Response Team is set to launch February 13 on a twice-a-week basis after being awarded a $106,000 grant from the Tulsa Area United Way, with a goal to become self-sustaining and expand its days of service. Tulsa has one of the highest rates of mental illness and suicide in the nation. Despite…
The Family & Children’s Services Diversity Committee serve as ambassadors of diversity and cultural competence for F&CS employees. Specifically, the Cultural Competence Committee champions an organizational culture that embraces diversity and embodies the principles of recovery and rights for all. F&CS is valued as a supportive and diversity-friendly work environment. The committee was formed to promote…
This month, Lululemon and ViraVinyasa Yoga School are giving back to the Family & Children’s Services Women in Recovery (WIR) program through Tulsa’s Sweat Collective on Sunday, October 15 and Women’s Clothing Swap on October 21. WIR is an intensive outpatient alternative for eligible women facing long prison sentences for drug-related offenses and is operated…
Lindsay had been an addict for 20 years when she was arrested on a drug charge and was looking at a potential sentence of 12 years to life. But the judge offered her another option: the Women in Recovery program, an intensive, outpatient alternative for women facing long prison sentences for non-violent, drug-related offenses. Lindsay…
