Did you know that Tulsa is in friendly competition against Oklahoma City in this year’s U.S. Census drive? That’s how important it is for the city to obtain funds needed to support vital programs — such as housing, education, transportation, employment, health care and public policy. Mimi Tarrasch, program director of Family & Children’s Services…
On March 28, Mayor G.T. Bynam issued a “shelter in place” order for Tulsans to stop the spread of COVID-19. The week prior, Family & Children’s Services (F&CS) had already transitioned most programs to remote services including telephonic and teletherapy. For F&CS’s Women in Recovery (WIR), an alternative to incarceration program, eliminating face-to-face contact for…
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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…
On Thursday, Sept. 19, Gov. Stitt and several members of his Cabinet visited Family & Children’s Services Women in Recovery to learn more about program initiatives. In his State of the State speech earlier this year, Gov. Stitt requested $1.5 million of his proposed budget toward the program. Read the full transcript of the speech…
