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Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth reviews $1.56M OCCY budget request to expand oversight and child‑abuse services
Summary
OCCY staff presented a $1,556,000 FY26 budget request that would fund the parent‑partnership position, salary adjustments, three new oversight positions ($333,000) and a statewide pilot for continuing services to address child sexual abuse; commissioners debated timing and statutory authority to vote on a submission.
The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth on Thursday reviewed the agency's FY26 budget request totaling $1,556,000, a package OCCY staff described as the largest funding request in the agency's history.
Assistant Director Mark James told commissioners the ask includes four components: continued funding for the parent‑partnership position (currently funded through a Department of Health partnership), staff salary adjustments ($223,250), a strengthened Office of Juvenile System Oversight with three additional positions (requested at…
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