Our Core Investment Areas
Our 30+ community initiatives now fall under one of six core investment areas: Data & Information, Education, Health & Mental Health, Housing & Homelessness, Incarceration Reduction and Veterans.
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Data & Information News
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Holiday Assistance Guide Now Available
Online and as an Interactive Map
CSC's 211 Oklahoma publishes a Holiday Assistance Guide every year containing information from the 211 Oklahoma resource database of services in Tulsa County and Rural Counties to connect Oklahomans with local agencies offering assistance with holiday meals/gifts/toys.
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CSC's 211 Oklahoma Staff Certified As Marketplace Navigators
In September, 211 Oklahoma received certification from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human
Services, to provide assistance with enrollment to the Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Marketplace. Read more >
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First Class of Promotoras Graduate
from Tulsa Community College
In November, CSC's
The Power of Families Project celebrated the first graduating class of 24 promotor/as in partnership with Tulsa Community College and Comunidad de Esperanza, which was
developed to help professionalize the work of the promotora or community peer educator.
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CSC Coordinates Community Schools Tour for Regional School Districts
In November
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CSC's
Center for Community School Strategies
coordinated a study visit at Union Public Schools for more than 40 participants representing school districts from Fort Worth, Midwest City, Oklahoma City and Jenks, to showcase the Community School model in action. Read more >
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CSC Serves as Statewide Resource for NAEYC-Accredited Childcare Programs
This fall, CSC's
Child Care Resource Center team represented Oklahoma at a national training in Washington, D.C. on supporting childcare programs through the NAEYC accreditation process, which promotes high-quality early learning by connecting best practice, policy and research.
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H
ealth & Mental Health News
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CSC Leader Awarded for Nursing Research
In
October, CSC's Dr. Su An Phipps of our Healthy Women, Healthy Futures-Oklahoma initiative was the recipient of the 2017 Oklahoma Nurses Association Nursing Research Award for her impact on nursing practice through the use of research as a basis for practice innovation. Read more >
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CSC's Tulsa Fatherhood Coalition Links Fathers to Community Resources
CSC's Tulsa Fatherhood Coalition, part of our Tulsa Healthy Start program, is gearing up to link fathers to community resources through policy setting, training and development, and community engagement in an effort to promote father involvement in the lives of their childr
en. Read more >
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CSC Team Attends National Urban Public Health Conference
This fall, five staff members from CSC's
Health & Mental Health Division
attended the CityMatCH and Healthy Start conference in Nashville titled Creating Harmony: Every Voice Counts focused on urban maternal, child and family health.
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Housing & Homelessness
News
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CSC Co-Hosts Action Camp on Ending Chronic and Veteran Homelessness
In August,
CSC's
Housing & Homelessness
and
Veterans
Divisions partnered with the
Built for Zero
Taskforce to co-host an action camp on ending chronic and veteran homelessness in Tulsa,
convening nearly 100 of Tulsa's front-line social workers, supervisors and leaders
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CSC and Williams Secure 77 Property  Units for Transitional Individuals
As part of the Tulsa Area United Way's Day of Caring this year, CSC's
Housing & Homelessness Division and Will
iams Companies secured 77 affordable housing property units for homeless individuals by calling
property managers and advocating for policies supporting transitional individuals' needs. Read more >
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Incarceration Reduction News
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New Grant to Increase Employment
amon
g Young Adults in Justice System
CSC's
Tulsa Reentry One-Stop was awarded a grant this year from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. The $1.5 million award provides three years of funding. In a competitive field of 258 applications from across the nation, 32 proposals were selected.
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More than 50 Tulsans Graduate from CSC's Alternative COURTS Program this Fall
This October, 51 nonviolent felony offenders graduated from CSC's
Tulsa County COURTS Program, the largest of its kind in Oklahoma, as a therapeutic alternative to incarceration for offenders who are in need of treatment for substance abuse and/or mental illness. Read more >
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Standing Down for Homeless Veterans
In September, CSC's
Veterans Division
co-hosted the 2017 Tulsa Stand Down for Homeless Veterans event, which offered an array of resources and services to Tulsa's homeless veteran population, such as food, clothing, employment resources, health screenings and more.
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CSC and Partners Survey Employers to Identify Veteran Champions
In October, CSC's Veterans Division, with the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs and DR Consulting, launched a survey for regional employers to designate how local organizations are supporting veterans in hopes of
building a veteran employer peer network.
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