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City’s new chief mental health officer describes grants, youth initiatives and crisis-response coordination
Summary
Dr. Rebecca Hubbard, Tulsa’s chief mental health officer, briefed the Tulsa Women’s Commission on the city role in coordinating children's mental health, community violence intervention, opioid-abatement funding, and the community-engaged genealogy project tied to the Race Massacre investigation.
Dr. Rebecca Hubbard, the City of Tulsa’s chief mental health officer, told the April Tulsa Women’s Commission meeting that the municipal post exists to coordinate a wide set of programs across mental-health, youth, substance-use and community resilience initiatives.
Hubbard said the position sits within the Department of Resilience and Equity and reports to the deputy mayor. "I am the chief officer for the city of Tulsa," she said, describing work that includes research, cross-sector coordination, grant management and program launch support.
She reviewed seven broad work areas the office supports and highlighted several funded initiatives: a SAMHSA…
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