Tulsa has been selected as one of four communities/entities to participate in the launch of the Just Home Project, a national program designed to advance community-driven efforts to break the link between housing instability and jail incarceration.The program will benefit local community partners including Family & Children’s Services (F&CS) Women in Recovery (WIR). “Family &…
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An expanded physical health care clinic operated by Morton Comprehensive Health Services has re-opened in the Family & Children’s Services’ Sarah and John Graves Center. The clinic will offer F&CS clients physical health care at a “one-stop shop” at the Graves Center. The Morton clinic will help F&CS integrate mental health treatment with primary care…
The many contributions of social workers across the nation – and at Family & Children’s Services – are recognized during March, which is Social Work Month. For the second year, F&CS social worker Kristi Whitaker, a COPES therapist, submitted a Social Work Month poster to the International Federation of Social Workers. Last year, her poster…
Senior citizens are at higher risk of anxiety, depression, and loneliness as we emerge from the pandemic, said Jill Young, Chief Program Officer. “The older population was more isolated during COVID and have unique and often-times unmet mental health challenges,” she said. To assist seniors, Family & Children’s Services (F&CS) is partnering with LIFE Senior…
