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The Department was established through the Mental Health Law of 1953, although publicly supported services to Oklahomans with mental illness date back to before statehood: the first facility in Oklahoma for the treatment of individuals with mental illness was established by the Cherokee Nation, called the Cherokee Home for the Insane, Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, it was built outside the city of ...
Terri L. White (born 1973) was the chief executive officer of the nonprofit Mental Health Association Oklahoma, from August 2020 to May 2024. She is an American social worker who resigned effective February 1, 2020 as Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, a position held since May 13, 2007.
Kevin Calvey (born July 13, 1966) is an American attorney and politician who has served as an Oklahoma County Commissioner for District 3 since 2019. He previously served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives as the member for the 94th district from 1998 to 2006 and as the member for the 82nd district from 2014 to 2018.
More: Oklahoma announces location for 330-bed mental hospital in Oklahoma City. ... By making this transformational investment, lawmakers can build on Oklahoma’s mental health momentum. New ...
In 2020, Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt launched the Oklahoma City Law Enforcement Policy Task Force to analyze de-escalation policies and community oversight systems.
A Cohen Veterans Network clinic is now open in Oklahoma City, the state's second after the Lawton clinic opened for in-person services in 2021. 'We're here to save lives:' Mental health clinic ...
Holt with U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh in Oklahoma City, May 2022. Holt's second term began in May 2022. [56] The next month, Holt broke ground on the city's first Bus Rapid Transit line, a 9.5 mile, $28.9 million transit project. [57] In July 2022, the Oklahoma City Council recreated a Human Rights Commission, which it had lacked since 1996.
Michael Andrew Brooks-Jimenez is an American lawyer and Democratic member of the Oklahoma Senate. He was elected in a 2017 special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ralph Shortey. He represents the 44th district, which covers parts of southern Oklahoma City.