Last week, I had the honor of interviewing our own Stephanie Newman for the Mental Health Download. Stephanie has been with the Association since 2017, starting as a Housing Support Specialist before earning a promotion to Street Outreach and Rapid Response Case Manager – a move that has allowed her to truly shine. Stephanie is […]
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Our dedication to working with both community partners and elected officials to assist those in need of housing and mental health services made the front page of the Tulsa World, this weekend. Kevin Canfield dives into Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum’s Homelessness Task Force, examining the needs of those experiencing homelessness along with strategies to address
Last month, we spent a lot of time working with two of the Oklahoma Watch journalists as they covered our boots-on-the-ground efforts to assist fellow Oklahomans who are struggling. Arie Fife was the lead reporter on this story, and she did an excellent job highlighting the work our Street Outreach, Street Medicine, and A Better
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A change in seasons means more in our line of work: more donation requests, more community calls for assistance, more celebration of our work and also more work. It means more boots on the ground. A change in seasons also means more valuable exposure to our work. Not only has our team at the Association
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Housing First is more than simply moving people from the streets to the protection of four walls and a roof. It’s an evidence-based method that has been gaining traction since the 1990s in North America, with the key ingredient of harm-reduction, informed services – in other words, wraparound services that address the root of an
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