Oklahoma’s Kids Belong helps foster children tell their stories in their own words and connects them with forever families.
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CarePortal meets needs of children in foster care
Faith communities in the state help Oklahoma Department of Human Services provide for children in foster care.
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Alternative Paths: Emerson Mid-High School helps students succeed
Emerson Mid-High School provides a productive environment and help for alternative students.
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Metro Briefs: Capitol Hill in search of new mascot
Capitol Hill High School is in search of a new mascot. The Oklahoma City School Board voted 8-0 to dismiss the Redskins mascot after hearing from several students and community members who said the name was offensive to Native Americans. Board chair Lynne Hardin said she was among many who grew up in OKC without […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Witchy woman
An Oklahoma City woman has been arrested for terrorizing her 7-year-old granddaughter while wearing a witch costume.
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Community demands governor action over boy’s death
The teenager, born with Chromosome 9 Ring disease, was unable to care for himself and required help with tasks as easy as lifting a fork to his mouth. He died Jan. 4, 2013, at Children’s Hospital from pneumonia complications, according to the state medical examiner. But the youngster’s sister, Valerie Wood-Harber, contends he died from […]
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Taking tests to task
Just like workplace drug testing, if it really affects work performance, do you really need a drug test? Won’t you see its effect? Those who do cocaine, meth, etc. and time it right, you’ll never catch those people — do it Friday and Saturday, and it’s out of your system by Monday. And a $20 […]
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DHS needs meaningful oversight
SQ 765 is aimed at bringing long-overdue reforms at the Department of Human Services, which impacts more lives than almost any other agency. In the last decade, news headlines have exposed case after case of tragedy and failure by DHS. It’s clear that change is needed. Every department, program, and employee needs to be scrutinized […]
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Changes at DHS threaten progress
This legislative session the bulk of our work focused on child welfare reform: demanding change at the state Department of Human Services to better protect Oklahoma children in foster care and creating better opportunities for children of incarcerated parents. We demanded pay increases for foster care families, lower case loads for child welfare workers doing […]
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A plan to fix DHS
Public outcry over a series of tragic deaths of children in state custody had reached a fever pitch. Rather than run away from the problem, we opted to confront it and fix it. The speaker tasked us with digging deep into what was ailing the troubled agency, in order to make recommendations about how to […]