April 15, 2013
Pittsburg to host Homelessness Summit
By Staff Reports, the Morning Sun
SEK-CAP Inc. and the Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition will co-host the 14th annual Summit on Homelessness and Housing this week at the Pittsburg Memorial Auditorium. But that doesn’t mean this is just a Kansas event. In fact, visitors from Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas will be traveling to town to take part in the event alongside their Kansas brethren.
Read more of this Morning Sun article at: http://www.morningsun.net/news/x935164177/Pittsburg-to-host-Homelessness-Summit
April 15, 2013
Pittsburg to host Homelessness Summit
By Staff Reports, the Morning Sun
SEK-CAP Inc. and the Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition will co-host the 14th annual Summit on Homelessness and Housing this week at the Pittsburg Memorial Auditorium. But that doesn’t mean this is just a Kansas event.
In fact, visitors from Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas will be traveling to town to take part in the event alongside their Kansas brethren.
Read more of this Morning Sun article at: http://www.morningsun.net/news/x935164177/Pittsburg-to-host-Homelessness-Summit
March 13, 2013
ListenUp Tulsa brings civic leaders, youths together
By Kim Archer, World Staff Writer
In a world of rampant social media, Valeria Luevano and Itzayani Galvan spoke of their desire to stop procrastinating when it comes to school work. ”My experience is like, I’ll be doing homework, but then I’m on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram. … I just don’t do what I’m supposed to do,” said Luevano, a student at McLain High School.
Read more of this Tulsa World article at: http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/ListenUp_Tulsa_brings_civic_leaders_youths_together/20130313_19_a11_cutlin34631
March 11, 2013
Youth to Offer Solutions for Social Problems
By Catherine Roberts
A conference Tuesday will provide a platform for youth to offer their plans for solutions for problems from homelessness to bullying. The Mental Health Association of Tulsa’s ListenUp Tulsa conference will feature eight young presenters, who will speak for five minutes each before a panel of area business and civic leaders.
Read more of this Public Radio Tulsa article at:http://kwgs.org/post/youth-offer-solutions-social-problems
March 06, 2013
Oklahoma school safety panel releases legislative recommendations
By Wayne Greene, Tulsa World
The Oklahoma Commission on School Safety released its legislative recommendations Tuesday, including a call for a new security tip line, mental health training for campus workers, and a new state institute to continue training, research and advocacy on the issue. Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb, chairman of the commission, predicted that the program would be well-received by legislators and would help set an “Oklahoma standard” for dealing with the challenges of school security.
Read more of this Tulsa World article at: http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Oklahoma_school_safety_panel_releases_legislative_recommendations/20130306_16_a1_cutlin635771
March 06, 2013
Tulsa People: Meth Mess
By Dan Phillips, Channel 8
While Oklahoma leads the nation in many great ways, the state holds a dubious distinction thanks to its meth epidemic. TulsaPeople magazine highlights the problem in the third part of its “Unacceptable: Oklahoma at the Bottom” series. The article, “Meth Mess” by Jennie Lloyd, centers on the life and story of Kimberly Cummings. She was arrested in 2009 for meth possession, but has turned her life around.
Watch the whole Channel 8 video at: http://www.ktul.com/story/22075015/tulsapeople-meth-mess
March 06, 2013
Teen suicides on the rise
By Kim Archer, Tulsa World
Seven Tulsa area teens have died by suicide in the past year, a number that local mental health advocates find alarming. And those are just the ones they have heard about.
Read more of this Tulsa World article at: http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Teen_suicides_on_the_rise/20130306_19_a1_svntla397081
February 27, 2013
Special Report with mental health
By Fox23 News
FOX23 found two local teens accused of murder also have a history of mental illness. Tulsa County Juvenile Bureau authorities admit sometimes troubled teens slip through the cracks.
Watch the Fox23 News video at: http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Special-Report-Teens-with-mental-health/kQ_JhRCuzk2ri8c1-8WTUA.cspx
February 22, 2013
Mentally ill Tulsans find recipe for success in cookie project
By Bill Sherman, Tulsa World
The 700 to 1,000 cookies that come out of the Altamont Bakery at B’nai Emunah synagogue each week have a secret ingredient – love. It’s difficult to measure, but its flavor is unmistakable. The bakery is a collaboration between the synagogue and the Mental Health Association in Tulsa, supported by the Housing Faith Alliance.
Read more of this TulsaWorld article at: http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Mentally_ill_Tulsans_find_recipe_for_success_in_cookie/20130222_18_a11_cutlin95625
February 20, 2013
2News puts mental health, Oklahoma foster home system under the microscope
By Russ McCaskey, KRJH
There’s been a lot of talk about improving mental health services since the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut that killed 26. From Gov. Mary Fallin on down, there are a lot of state leaders looking for ways to improve mental health services, including increasing funding.
Watch the KJRH Video at: http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/slipping-through-the-cracks–improving-mental-health-services
February 10, 2013
People & Places: Carnivale set for March 30 to benefit Mental Health Association in Tulsa
By Danna Sue Walker, Tulsa World
It’s all very hush, hush. It seems that for its 24th go-round, the Mental Health Association in Tulsa’s Carnivale 2013, known as “the best party in town,” will also have the best-kept secrets.
Read more of this TulsaWorld article at: http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/People_Places_Carnivale_set_for_March_30_to_benefit/20130210_209_d9_cutlin224494
January 25, 2013
KWGS Radio Show
By Marshall Stewart
Mike Brose, the Executive Director at the Mental Health Association in Tulsa, spoke about how mental health programs could be expanded in Oklahoma.
Listen to the whole show at: http://kwgs.org/post/friday-morning-local-news-kwgs-7
January 25, 2013
Tulsa Mental Health Agency Helps rebuild Lives with Housing
By Mike Averill, Tulsa World
When the Mental Health Association in Tulsa purchased the Cedars Apartments, the complex was a blighted property in foreclosure. Half of the 54 units were unoccupied, and the complex was rife with code violations and health and safety risks, according to Greg Shinn, the association’s associate director.
Read more of this Tulsa World article at: http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Tulsa_mental_health_agency_helps_rebuild_lives_with/20130125_11_a1_cutlin425672
January 8, 2013
Suicide levels prompt new responses to Tulsa
By World’s Editorial Writers, Tulsa World
Tulsa experienced a dramatically lower number of suicides in 2012 when compared to the record set in 2011, and some officials think a new police response system might be one of the reasons for the decline. There were 62 suicides in Tulsa in 2012, down from 89 the prior year.
Read more of this Tulsa World article at:http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Suicide_levels_prompt_new_responses_in_Tulsa/20130108_61_a13_tulsae88363
January 8, 2013
George Kaiser Family Foundation gives $7.2 M to area nonprofits
By Mike Averill, Tulsa World
The George Kaiser Family Foundation has announced $7.2 million in grants for more than 100 local social services agencies. Twelve of those grants include matching challenges.
Read more of this Tulsa World article at:http://www.tulsaworld.com/
January 6, 2013
Fewer people commit suicide in 2012
By Jerry Wofford, Tulsa World
While the number of suicides dropped last year from the record set in 2011, officials said that record year was a shock that led to changes in how police and mental health workers respond to people in distress.
Read more of this Tulsa World article at: http://www.tulsaworld.com/
September 28, 2012
Mental Health Housing
By Lis Exon, OETA
This 8-minute video showcases the Association’s 2012 National Zarrow Mental Health Symposium & Mental Health America Annual Conference – From Housing to Recovery: Building Community, Building Lives. It features interviews with the Association’s Executive Director, Michael W. Brose, and Dr. Sam Tsemberis, who developed the Housing First model.
Click here to view the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
September 20, 2012
Experts see Tulsa as Innovator in Fighting Homelessness
By Michael Overall, Tulsa World
A ribbon-cutting ceremony wouldn’t usually attract this much attention, even if it happens to be the 275th time that Habitat for Humanity finished a new house in Tulsa. “But this isn’t just a ribbon-cutting ceremony,” explained Michael Brose, the executive director of the Mental Health Association in Tulsa.
Read more of this Tulsa World article at: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20120920_11_A11_CUTLIN92390
July 20, 2012
Tulsa Project to House Homeless Ranked 2nd in Nation
By Mike Averill, Tulsa World
The Mental Health Association in Tulsa was recognized this week by the 100,000 Homes Campaign for ranking No. 2 in the nation in the percentage of chronically homeless people moving into permanent housing each month.
Read more of this story at: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20120720_11_A9_CUTLIN809686
June 13, 2012
Homelessness Interrupted: Aiding the homeless population with a housing-first philosophy
By Brad Andrews, Urban Tulsa
“Will work for food.” Four words that evoke a distinct image in our country’s collective conscience. Typically scrawled on a disheveled piece of cardboard, this axiom is, for many, the summation of the perception of the homeless. Fortunately, a web of social services in Tulsa is cognizant that the problem is much more complex than a hungry stomach, and they won’t stop until homelessness, irrespective of its origin, is eradicated.
Read more of this Urban Tulsa story at: http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A50052
March 12, 2012
State of Addiction: Former addict now helping others
By Ginnie Graham, Tulsa World
Days into detox, Sue Henson didn’t think she was an addict. ”I was not prostituting,” she said. “I was not stealing. So I thought I wasn’t an addict. That’s for people who are criminals.” When she entered detox, her plan was to get just healthy enough to return to her old habits. She had pre-paid for her heroin, and the dealer promised to hold the drugs for when she was released. After seven days and just a day shy of being released, Henson listened to some addicts talk about their recovery from cocaine abuse. ”I had a spiritual experience,” she said. “I thought, ‘Oh my God, I am one of those people. I am sick. I need help.’ I got on my knees and prayed. I didn’t know what I needed to do, so I prayed.”
Read more of this Tulsa World story at: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20120312_11_A1_CUTLIN193707
