The new director of Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth sees unique opportunities for the agency that serves as a watchdog group for child welfare.
Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy
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OICA and OK Foster Wishes are on a mission to spread holiday cheer to foster youth in the state and need the community’s help.
OICA and OK Foster Wishes are on a mission to spread holiday cheer to foster youth in the state and need the community’s help.
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Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy celebrates youths with its Heroes Ball
Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy celebrates youths with its Heroes Ball
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Study finds adverse childhood experiences affect health and behavior
Nonprofits and a state representative are bringing presenters on ACEs and their impacts on Oklahomans to the Capitol for an interim study.
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Oklahoma veterans and soldiers receive holiday cheer through Holiday for Heroes
2014 Democratic nominee for Oklahoma governor Joe Dorman leads the effort to send Christmas cards to recovering veterans in the state.
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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 […]