Mayor’s office outlines Office of Children, Youth and Families, seeks city funding and partnership with Impact Tulsa

Deputy Mayor Crystal Reyes and Impact Tulsa briefed the Tulsa City Council on the proposed Office of Children, Youth and Families and the partnership operating it, asking the council to consider a city funding allocation as part of the FY26 budget process.

The office, the presenters said, is intended to act as a city‑embedded cradle‑to‑career hub to coordinate city departments, tribal nations, districts, philanthropy and service providers so program and fiscal resources align behind a set of measurable youth outcomes. Impact Tulsa will serve as the operational partner and provide staff time under a city contract.

Why it matters: Councilors and the administration said the office would aim to improve early‑grade literacy, expand pre‑K enrollment, reduce chronic absenteeism tied to housing instability, connect graduates to paid internships and workforce pathways, and coordinate summer safety strategies for youth — activities councilors described as competing with other constrained city priorities during a tight budget year.

Deputy Mayor Crystal Reyes said the administration has set a long‑range goal of adding 15,000 young people “on a path to economic mobility” by 2030 and that a broader metric discussed with partners is reaching 100,491 youth across the cradle‑to‑career continuum. She described early priorities including a fiscal map of public and private spending on youth services, cabinet meetings that include tribal…