FCS’ Dr. Stevan Lahr appears on Real Life Real Talk radio show
Family & Children’s Services Dr. Stevan Lahr joins others on the Real Life Real Talk radio show on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2021, in a discussion about mental health and substance…
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day set October 24 in Tulsa
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is a one-day event intended to bring national awareness to the increasing prescription and controlled substance misuse. The service is free and…
Program offers FCS clients reentry support during COVID-19
The Returning Citizens Stimulus (RCS), a new program through the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), supports 32 Tulsans who have been released from incarceration in the past 12 months and are unemployed or underemployed. The program started…
WIR zooming through graduation
COVID-19 can’t stop a WIR graduation Family & Children’s Services (F&CS) Women in Recovery (WIR) is an outpatient alternative to incarceration program. WIR participants have strict weekly structured agendas that…
Jennie celebrates sobriety thanks to teletherapy
COVID-19 is the enemy, which makes Jennie’s recovery more precarious. There are hurdles that make getting counseling harder, make getting human contact harder and make getting food, clothing and shelter harder. But conquering hurdles is…