TULSA, Okla. – Family & Children’s Services (F&CS) and the George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF) held a graduation on Oct. 10 for 18 participants who most recently completed the F&CS Women in Recovery (WIR) program. The event also marked a decade of WIR’s service as an alternative to incarceration…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 18, 2019 Tulsa, OK — Uptrust, a court reminder text message communication tool, has officially launched a partnership with the Tulsa County Public Defender’s Office (TCPD) and Family & Children’s Services (F&CS). Uptrust, TCPD and F&CS will work together to connect TCPD with defendants via text message to remind…
Baby sparrows stuck between the walls of Kim Doner’s home not only sparked her love for wildlife but essentially led to a successful business making and selling ‘disappearing’ toffee in the Family & Children’s Services Women in Recovery (WIR) kitchen. Proceeds from sales help benefit the program. “I started taking in wildlife and was working…
Christmas music plays softly as 250 families stand in line to obtain a ticket and attend several activity stations set up throughout the Family & Children’s Services’ Child Abuse and Trauma Services (CATS) Holiday party on Dec. 11. After a six-year hiatus, the event was revived thanks to the collaborative effort by the Young Professional…
THE TULSA COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE JOINS THE SAFETY AND JUSTICE CHALLENGE TO REDUCE THE RATE OF FAILURES-TO-APPEAR AND INCREASE CONNECTIONS TO SOCIAL SAFETY NET RESOURCES Tulsa, Okla. (October 24, 2018) – The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today announced that Tulsa County is one of 12 additional jurisdictions joining the Safety and…
