Handle With Care: Oklahoma

Oklahoma Recognized as Top 5 State for Addressing Trauma: Handle With Care

Press Release, July 11, 2022 As the nation struggles to create safer communities, Oklahoma is proud to celebrate being recognized as one of the top five states in the nation to have a statewide Handle With Care initiative. With the help of interagency collaboration, the state has grown from one pilot site to the capacity […]

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Overview of Family Resource Centers

If you are interested in learning about Family Resource Centers, please look at several upcoming trainings below. Oklahoma Family Support Network is providing free trainings and technical support for community implementation of family resource centers:  “Overview of Family Resource Centers” (1 hour)Tuesday May 31, Aug. 30th or  Dec. 13th at 1pm Standards Training (2 full days)Tuesday July […]

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HWC OK Partnership with CTIPP (Campaign for Trauma-informed Policy and Practice

Congress has reinstated the process of directing federal funds for local projects, and the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP) is helping organizations apply. In 2011, Congress banned earmarks after particularly egregious and damning stories about pet projects and waste of taxpayer money came to light. Since then, Members of Congress have been unable to fund […]

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Parent Partnership Learning Community

April 27th, 2022 from 10-noon Parent Partnership Learning Community: Register HERE This learning community promotes trauma/hope trainings, implementation of Handle With Care, peer support groups, parent advisory councils, and family resource centers statewide by providing free technical assistance, connection to resources, and virtual breakout sessions with experts 3-4 times per year. Meeting #3 will be Wednesday, April 27th […]

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Parent Partnership Learning Community

Oklahoma Parent Partnership Learning Community is an open, virtual, and equity-based forum (quarterly meetings) with frontline staff who increase family stability, and community leaders ready to incorporate family voice as a critical quality improvement strategy. Facilitated by statewide advocates, we aim to advance family voice, listen to community barriers, and co-design innovative solutions. Specifically, we are […]

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