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Category: Health
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Tulsa mental health providers brace for budget cuts from state department of health
Several Tulsa mental health programs are preparing to lose thousands of dollars beginning Oct. 1 due to budget cuts from the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
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Tulsa first responders study collision of mental health and homelessness amid Stitt’s camp sweeps
About 80,000 people in Oklahoma who have a serious mental illness don’t understand they have it, according to Dr. Xavier Amador.
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Oklahoma troopers clear 64 homeless encampments; aim to finish by Tuesday
Amid controversy over Gov. Kevin Stitt’s Operation SAFE, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said its ongoing encampment sweeps on state property in Tulsa were never meant to solve the homeless problem.
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Tulsa mayor says governor’s homelessness plan is interfering with city’s progress
Mayor Monroe Nichols says Governor Kevin Stitt’s directive to clear homeless encampments is undermining Tulsa’s coordinated housing approach.
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Jail or shelter: Tulsa homeless advocates push back on governor’s attempt to clear encampments
Tulsa homeless advocates are criticizing Gov. Stitt’s plan to force the removal of encampments — calling it a choice between “jail or shelter.”
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Tulsa Launches Office of Health and Wellbeing, names Jabraan Pasha CHO
Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols announced the creation of a city Office of Health and Wellbeing, naming Dr. Jabraan Pasha as chief health officer to coordinate community health initiatives.
