Family Voices in Oklahoma
Contact Information
Lyn Land
(405) 202-3984
405-373-3300
LynT@health.ok.gov
Traci Castles
(405) 271-2131 x.47135
Traci-Castles@ouhsc.edu
Family Voices of Oklahoma (FV Oklahoma) helps families and professionals work together to improve the quality of health care services for CYSHCN in Oklahoma. This assistance is offered through the dissemination of information and resources through newsletters, surveys, and websites.
HIGHLIGHT: Focus on Family Partnerships
FV Oklahoma continues to work toward getting
information to families and increasing partnerships
throughout the state. FV Oklahoma has a partnership
with Statewide Training and Regional Supports
(STARS), a training program at the University of
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center/Tolbert Center for
Developmental Disabilities. The mission of STARS is to support the provision of
individualized, comprehensive, multidisciplinary, family-centered, community-based
programs and services for people with disabilities through a coordinated statewide
training system. In the past, families were not aware of the opportunities available
through STARS. FV Oklahoma is now distributing the STARS training information
through a quarterly newsletter so that more families will have the opportunity to
attend STARS trainings.
BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS: Diverse Communities
Oklahoma's Latino population is growing by leaps and bounds. This past year, the OK
MAMAs support group in central Oklahoma learned about Family Voices and we were able to provide 45 families, all who have young children with disabilities, the
Family Voices in Oklahoma newsletter in Spanish. The majority of
these families are living in poverty and do not have the resources or time to access
information from the Internet or public library. FV Oklahoma celebrates this new
partnership and looks forward to providing quality health care, parenting and
educational information to Latino families in their native language.
“ I have used the information
from the Family Voices of
Oklahoma newsletter on
several occasions…. Families
… are inundated with
information from the
Internet, support groups and
various other entities. It can
be very difficult for these
families to know who or
what to believe.
Family Voices of Oklahoma
is a reliable source of
information that helps our
families make informed
decisions when facing
educational or medical
choices for their child. I
appreciate that Family Voices
of Oklahoma is a reliable
resource for our families.”
- Family Services
Coordinator for
SoonerStart, Oklahoma's
Early Intervention program
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