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…
Family & Children’s Services (F&CS), Oklahoma’s largest Community Mental Health Center, has been awarded a $4 million federal grant from The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to establish a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC) – a new national model of care which increases access and integrates physical care with expanded mental…
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…
Family & Children’s Services will mark the grand opening of the Family & Children’s Services Thrift Store, located at 724 S. Utica, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, October 5. The Tulsa Regional Chamber will be present for the event scheduled to take place at 10:30 am. While Tulsa gains an exciting new option for…
Mental health and community leaders greeted Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Education Joy Hofmeister at Family & Children’s Services on August 1. This summer, educators from the across the state met for professional development. The most popular discussion? How to teach the traumatized child. School districts have not been funded to provide mental health care.…
