Youth Services of Tulsa, Inc.
More than a Safe Place
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Today's youth face many challenges on their path to adulthood. Our state ranks 3rd highest for teen pregnancy; #8 among the 10 worst states in overall factors related to child/youth homelessness, number of homeless students, and percentage of unaccompanied homeless youth; first in the country for incarceration of men and women pulling many parents out of the home; one of the highest rates of grandparents raising grandchildren; high rates of mental health and substance abuse issues, for adults and youth, combined with limited access to care; one of highest rates of trauma/adverse childhood experiences in the nation; lack of Medicaid coverage for young adults; and a lack of affordable housing options and high rates of food insecurity, to name a few.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Family Counseling
Licensed professionals offer office based services to help youth and their families navigate the rocky terrain of adolescence by improving communication skills, eliminating symptoms of distress and developing short-term solutions. Fees are determined on an income-based sliding scale. No one is ever turned away for inability to pay. Services available at our offices located in Tulsa, Owasso, Broken Arrow, and Glenpool.
Adolescent Emergency Shelter
The shelter is open to all youth, ages 12 to 18, who don’t have a safe place to go. The shelter provides warm beds, hot meals, showers, clean clothes, counseling and a caring staff who offer support and resources to help youth return safely home or to another safe, stable living situation. Open 24 hours daily, 7 days a week.
Street Outreach Services
Youth, ages 16 to 24, experiencing homelessness can drop by “The Station” Monday thru Friday, 11am to 4pm for a hot meal, showers, laundry, hygiene, WiFi, etc. When they’re ready, youth can talk to any of the friendly staff about being connected to additional programing or community resources that will help them move towards independence.
Transitional Living Program
Helping youth, ages 17 to 24 who are currently experiencing homelessness through housing assistance and support services. Intensive case management services focus on life skills, employment and education so youth can gain the skills needed to move towards self-sufficiency and out of homelessness.
MAP - Misdemeanor Alternative Program
Youth learn skills to improve communication, deal with emotions, and recognize the consequences of their actions in decision making. The program is open to youth 12-18 who are experiencing conflict with family members, trouble at school or have become involved in the juvenile justice system.
Youth Court
An innovative partnership with the juvenile justice system allows first-time juvenile offenders to be tried in court by their peers. Sentencing often includes restitution and community service. Youth give back to their community while learning about careers in law. Volunteer attorneys train youth to serve as officers in trials for peers charged with minor offenses.
Re-Entry Program
Partnering with the Office of Juvenile Affairs, we help juvenile offenders smoothly return to their homes, schools, and communities from placement. Services begin before the youth is released and include support and skills development for the both the youth and their parents through the use of counseling and case management services.
Health Education and Prevention Program
HEP provides health education and connects youth to the preventative care and health care they need. The program encourages adolescents to take responsibility for their health and their future.
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Services
TPPS empowers youth to avoid high-risk behaviors, prevent pregnancy and STDs and focus on achieving positive life goals. TPPS uses proven evidence-based curricula delivered in group settings throughout the community. Abstinence based curriculum is used for younger adolescents with a more comprehensive training for older youth.
Coffee House
Youth ages 12-18 have a place to hang out, express themselves and enjoy live music, wifi and free hot beverages courtesy of QuikTrip. Youth can enjoy new activities and events weekly. Coffee House is open every Saturday night from 7-11 and admission is always free.
LGBTQ+ Services
Youth looking to better understand their sexual identity, gender identity, and/or self-expression receive support and education while building confidence and leadership skills. Students partner with peers, schools, teachers and parents to build Gay/Straight Alliances (also known as Gender/Sexuality Alliances) to create a culture of acceptance and reduce bullying. Check out our Coffee House and Youth Empowerment Space (YES
Safe Place
300 sites in the Tulsa area provide a Safe Place in nearly every neighborhood for youth to seek help in times of crisis. Trained volunteers transport youth to our shelter, where staff work with the youth and parents to identify the best step forward.
Community Based Counseling
Licensed professionals and case managers strive to help remove transportation barriers to counseling by providing services in the community, primarily at home or school. Eligibility for services requires Medicaid insurance or referral from the juvenile justice system.
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of youth programs offered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescents, Preteens, Families of choice, Families of origin, Adolescent parents
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of youth served in Family Counseling
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescents, Preteens, Adolescent parents, Families of choice, Families of origin
Related Program
Family Counseling
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of youth who have accessed the Community based counseling program
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescents, Preteens, Families of choice, Families of origin, Parents
Related Program
Community Based Counseling
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of youth accessing Re-Entry services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Young adults, Families, Parents
Related Program
Re-Entry Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of youth accessing First Offender services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescents, Preteens, Families, Non-adult children
Related Program
MAP - Misdemeanor Alternative Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of youth accessing Health Education and Prevention
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescents, Preteens
Related Program
Health Education and Prevention Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of youth accessing the LGBTQ+ program
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescents, Preteens, Families, LGBTQ people
Related Program
LGBTQ+ Services
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of youth accessing street outreach services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Adolescents, Young adults
Related Program
Street Outreach Services
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our overall goals are to: Serve 19,000 youth annually. Use best practices, evidence-based and evidence-informed models and strategies, and cultural competency to provide services. Maintain a well-trained and competent staff. Provide low barrier, accessible services. Be a learning organization that uses data to drive discussions and decisions that lead to improved outcomes for the youth we serve.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Runaway and Homeless Youth: Our goal is to provide a comprehensive continuum of services for runaway and homeless youth that gives them a safe place to stay in a crisis, services to address their basic needs, and assistance in leaving the streets and obtaining the life, employment, and personal skills needed to obtain and maintain self-sufficiency and a safe, stable place to live in the community. This year we expect to serve 900 individual runaway and homeless youth through Adolescent Emergency Shelter, Street Outreach Services with a Drop-In Center for homeless youth, Transitional Living Services and T-Town Tacos, along with 3,500 youth who attend a Safe Place presentation.
Counseling: Our goal is to assist youth (and their families) to successfully navigate the many challenges that often come with adolescence through solution-focused individual, group, and family, home-based and substance abuse counseling. This year we expect to serve more than 1,100 youth through our counseling services.
Youth Development: Our goal is to encourage the positive development of youth by providing services and information to help them manage their reproductive health and the healthcare systems, engage in age-appropriate community activities, as well as support and services for LGBTQ youth. This year we expect to serve more than 12,000 youth through Health Education and Prevention, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, Coffee House and LGBTQ Services.
Delinquency Prevention: Our goal is to deter at-risk youth from engaging in activities that will lead them ultimately to the adult justice system through early intervention and intensive family services to those returning the community from juvenile justice facilities. This year we expect to serve 650 youth through Youth Courts, First Offender Program and Juvenile Re-Entry Program.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Youth Services has been addressing the needs of runaway and homeless youth since 1977 when we opened Tulsa’s first Adolescent Emergency Shelter. Today, we provide Oklahoma’s largest youth emergency shelter along with a comprehensive continuum of services for that rivals that found in much larger cities.
Our Continuum of Services for Homeless Youth includes a Safe Place Program, Adolescent Emergency Shelter, Street Outreach Services with a drop-in center, Transitional Living Services, and T-Town Tacos, a social enterprise/workforce development program. In addition, we provide complementary services of individual, group and substance abuse counseling, an on-site Adolescent Medical Clinic managed by OU Physicians, on-site psychiatric services provided by OSU College of Health Sciences, Health Navigation Services and health education and pregnancy prevention services. A new federal grant focused on human trafficking adds a new service component.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Some of our accomplishments in FY19:
• 847 young people participated in YST's counseling services to address mental health and substance abuse issues, and improve communication and coping skills.
• 303 youth in a crisis who had no safe place to stay received 4,035 nights of emergency shelter,
support and services.
• 645 homeless youth received basic needs through street outreach and at YST's drop-in center, and connection to needed services.
• 113 homeless youth received housing and transitional living services to help them leave the streets and move toward independence and permanent housing. 85% remained stably housed 6 months after leaving the program, a predictor of long-term success.
• 572 youth were connected with needed health services at YST's clinic and in the community, avoiding untreated health consequences.
• 5,150 youth participated in sexual health awareness and teen pregnancy prevention classes.
• 477 youth participated in delinquency prevention services to help them learn from their mistakes.
• YST's Juvenile Re-entry Services has a 9% recidivism rate compared to a national average for more than 50%.
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Youth Services of Tulsa, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 02/22/2022
Chris Miner
ONE Gas
Term: 2015 - 2022
Lovelace Akuma
University of Oklahoma - Tulsa
Truman Berghall
Commerce Bank
William Clark
BKD, LLP
Walter Evans
University of Oklahoma - Tulsa
Carrie Clasen Porter
BOK Financial
Naresh Persaud
Tulsa Police Department
David Gearhart
OSU Center for Health Sciences
Samantha Zitter
Z3 Design
Sasha Unkel
Quik Trip Corporation
Bryan Storms
Ernst & Young, LLP
Haley Stephens
Conner & Winters
Brady Walker
QuikTrip
Stephanie Pugh
John A Marshall Company
Anne Pilkington
SageNet
Zachery Perkins
The Ross Group
David Mokhtee
Tulsa Bone and Joint
Bethany Loveless
ONEOK
Marvin Lizama
Lizama Law
Micheal Kelly
TransFund/BOKF
Stephanie Johnson
Public Service Company of Oklahoma
Karen Johnson
Tulsa Tech
Linh Hua
ONEOK
Noe Gutierrez
OSU Medical Center
Andrea Adams
WPX Energy
Dezeray Edwards
CentryLInk
Lauren Cuisick
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma
Sekou Clincy
Community Service Council
Monika Friedman
Teach for America
Rebecca Marks Jimerson
Tulsa County Sheriff's Office
Andre'a Murrell
KIPP Tulsa
Sgt. Stephanie Aldridge
Tulsa Police Department
Katrina Herndon
Public Service Company of Oklahoma
Saunya Moore
Montereau
April Siebert
Tulsa Country Distric Court
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Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.