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Mayor Nichols says homelessness, children's services and 911 reforms are top priorities as funding threats loom
Summary
At a Tulsa Human Rights Commission meeting, Mayor Monroe Nichols outlined city priorities including a plan to reach "functional 0" homelessness by 2030, warned that cuts to mental-health funding would harm that effort, described 911 diversion work and gave updates on tribal-case referrals.
Monroe Nichols, mayor of Tulsa, told the Human Rights Commission that the city is pursuing an aggressive strategy to reduce unsheltered homelessness and improve supports for families and children, but warned that proposed cuts to mental-health funding would "directly and severely" undercut those efforts.
Nichols said the city is targeting "functional 0 by 2030" for homelessness and is moving to increase shelter capacity, including purchases of property and use of modular units. "If we get to a place where we can finally account for places to go, but we have no services to go along with it, it does us absolutely no good," Nichols said, stressing the need for both beds and accompanying services.
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