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Homesick
Eight-year-old Elijah Muhammed’s letter, written while in DHS custody, sheds light on visitation policies.
By Nazarene Harris
Tags: State, Elijah Muhammed, Oklahoma County Jail, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, DHS, Foster care, visitation
Riding home
Arnall Family Foundation commits to donating $1 million to help parents visit their children in foster care.
Tags: State, Sheena Grayson, Sue Ann Arnall, Arnall Family Foundation, Department of Human Services, DHS, foster care, United Way of Central Oklahoma, Lindsay Laird, Sheree Powell, transportation
With his newest novel, Oklahoma author Brandon Hobson creates a literary portrait of adolescent specificity and universality
By Ian Jayne
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, books, Brandon Hobson, cherokee, Constance Squires, Edwin Mullhouse, foster care, Full Circle Bookstore, native american, Northern Oklahoma College, rilla askew, Soho Press, the catcher in the rye, to kill a mockingbird, Tonkawa, Where the Dead Sit Talking, writing
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.
By Laura Eastes
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Bob Moore Subaru, buy for less, christmas, Deb Shropshire, DHS, foster care, foster care system, foster children, joe dorman, OICA, OK Foster Wishes, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Oklahoma DHS, Oklahoma Employees Credit Union, Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy, uptown grocery
Angels Foster Family Network provides support to youth, foster and biological parents to achieve success and change the system for the better.
Tags: Metro, Angles Foster Family Network, child welfare, children, DHS, edmond, foster care, HALO Project, Jennifer Abney, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, TRBI
Local nonprofit works to place foster children with permanent families
By Lea Terry
Tags: Education, A Place to Call Home, adoption, AKB, Americas Kids Belong, Brian Mavis, child welfare services, Colorado, Community, DHS, edmond, foster care, foster care system, foster children, Gov. Mary Fallin, I Belong, KFOR-TV, Lacey Lett, legally free foster children, Life.Church, Mary Fallin, My Small Wonders Childcare and Development Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Oklahoma Fosters, Oklahoma Heart Gallery, Oklahomas Kids Belong, Scott Werner, state custody, Tom Bates, Waiting Child Heart Gallery
CASA's An Evening to Remember helps support area foster children
By Michael Kinney
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, abuse, Aloft Oklahoma City Downtown, CASA, children, Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children, foster care, Kadion Lilly, youth
Peppers Ranch awarded grant for its work with foster youth, parents
By Christine Eddington
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, children, Community, feature, foster care, foster children, foster families, fred jones family foundation, life, mary eddy jones, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Gazette, Peppers Ranch, youth
New book shares a century of Sunbeam Family Services' community service
By Kara Stewart
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, author, biography, Bob Burke, books, changed lives, classen boulevard, community service, corridor of hope, counseling, Cover story, elderly, foster care, history, Jim Priest, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Gazette, oklahoma hall of fame, ray bitsche, reading, Sunbeam Family Services
Luggage with Love equips Oklahoma foster children with clothing and comfort
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, charity, clothing, Department of Human Services, foster care, foster children, Luggage with Love, Marcie Carrico, nonprofit
Singer Cami Stinson and Vastye release a new song to follow up a star-studded September EP
By Tyler Talley
Tags: Music Reviews, Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma, acm@uco, Adam Ledbetter, adoption, Alberto Roubert, Bring Me a Home for Christmas, Bryce Zabric, Cami Stinson, foster care, foster children, horse thief, Jabee, L.G. Hamilton, Matt Stansberry, mitch bell, November, OK Foster Wishes, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, pop music, Raul Alfonso, The Music Group Studios, Vastye, ZHU
Back 2 School events provides clothing and school supplies to foster children
Tags: Metro, Back 2 School, Citizens Caring for Children, education, foster care, foster children, Lauren Barnes, lynne roller, school, Toni Lee, youth
CarePortal meets needs of children in foster care
Tags: State, 111 Project, CarePortal, Chris Campbell, Council Road Baptist Church, CrossFirst Bank, Deb Shropshire, DHS, foster care, Life.Church, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Pauline E. Mayer Shelter, Pinnacle Plan, Terika Mackey, Tulsa County
Summer harvest
By Emily Summars
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, emily summars, Features, foster care, Harvest Foster Kids camp, News, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Oklahoma Gazette, Video
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