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Tulsa’s chief mental health officer outlines youth mental-health, violence-intervention and opioid-abatement programs
Summary
Dr. Rebecca Hubbard, Tulsa’s chief mental health officer, described the city-level role and a portfolio of initiatives — including a SAMHSA-funded children's mental-health program, a DOJ community-based violence intervention grant, and opioid-abatement work — and said the city is hiring coordinators to operationalize the efforts.
Dr. Rebecca Hubbard, the City of Tulsa’s chief mental health officer, briefed the Tulsa Women’s Commission on a citywide portfolio of mental-health and resilience initiatives she is coordinating under the Department of Resilience and Equity.
Hubbard described seven priority areas: youth and young-adult mental health (0–21), substance use recovery and opioid-abatement response, community-based violence intervention, suicide prevention, trauma-healing and community resilience, culture- and faith-based supports, and crisis-response coordination. She said the office was created following recommendations from local task forces and will coordinate partners, resources and grant administration.
Major federal grants and programs: Hubbard said the city manages a four-year SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) grant for a Children’s Mental Health Initiative and that the city recently received a Department of Justice community-based…
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