Fostering Mayes County

A father is working hard to reunify with his two children. He has been able to obtain one car seat but is struggling to come up with the money for a second car seat. We would like to begin overnight visits this upcoming Saturday but will not be able to without a car seat for both children. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you.

A foster parent is needing help paying for the cost of summer camp for two young children that she is currently fostering. The cost is $220 per child per month over the summer, but if it is paid in advance then it reduces to $400 a child for the entire summer camp. Even a partial payment would be helpful to the foster family.

A divorced mother of one child with 8 different disabilities is needing help with her rent. She makes too much to qualify for any assistance and she has recently had to reach out to find nursing help, that she has to pay for, because her child is unable to maintain in the facility he was in due to his outburst, none if which he has control of. He is non verbal, cannot walk and has a g-tube. Her elderly parents have been helping her as much as possible but she just found out her mother now has some health issues, so she has to help her father with that as she is their only child. Any help would be appreciated!

Hello, please help this family with transportation. These parents are struggling with finances this month and do not have enough money for gas to get to and from all of their appointments including transporting their child to his soccer games this coming weekend. The father is working but his hours have been cut so they could use some support right now. We are asking you to please help by providing them a gas card. They want to make sure they are able to attend every visit and appointment no matter what time or location. This gas card would help make sure they can make it to visits and appointments for the remainder of the month. Thank you so much for your generosity and help in bringing this family closer to reunification.

Safety Plan Monitor in need of high chair for one year old girl. SPMs are caring full-time for two children on an ongoing FCS case. SPMs are unable to work at the moment. Mom is working and engaging in FCS services, but funds are limited. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance!

Mayes County OHS has a kinship foster home in need of a baby bed and stroller. The crib is to assure safe sleep while in the kinship foster home. Currently the Kinship Foster home only has a Pack and Play which is just meant to be used temporarily. The children is a 7 month old baby and his brother which is 2 years old.

OHS has removed a 3 month old male, due to drug exposure. The maternal grandmother opened her doors to accept placement. She is also providing care for a teenage granddaughter, who is not in custody. The grandmother has limited finances and has used community resources in Tulsa and Broken Arrow for diapers, food and clothes. Although her finances are limited, since the beginning of the placement the grandmother has managed her finances well. In the two weeks, she has had to uber three times to the hospital due to the child having withdrawals. The cost to and from the hospital is $24 each way totaling $48 each trip. After each hospital visit, she used an uber to take the infant for a follow up doctor’s appointment. This has caused financial hardship for the family. As a last resort the family has reached out to OHS for assistance with obtaining size 1 diapers for her grandson. Any assistance would be much appreciated. Without having the added expenses for the future months to come, the family will be able to afford the needs. The grandmother is now aware of how to use sooner-ride for scheduled appointments. The family and I thank you for any assistance you can provide.

This wonderful family of 6 is currently reunified. The father of the family is sleeping on the floor and is in desperate need of an air mattress. Any help would be appreciated keeping this family comfortable while they wait for housing. Thank you!!

11 year old female is in a new placement and does not have clothes that fit her. The new placement provider is still in the process of being approved and has not received a stipend yet to assist with the child's needs. We are asking for assistance with obtaining clothing for this child.

Please help these parents get to visitation with their children. This family consists of a one income household due to mom's poor health condition. The children are placed in two separate placements/cities as one child has special needs and requires more attention. Parents are having a hard time financially visiting the child that is placed out of town. Please bless these parents with a $100 gas card. God Bless!

An underage mother who is in DHS custody in another state has a 1-year-old child in Oklahoma DHS custody. She is traveling from out of state to visit her child in a few days. Her foster mom is bringing her, and the mother would like to have overnight visits or any type of visitation with her child as she has not had much time with the child due to being in another state. The mother and foster family will be here for a week arriving on Saturday. The out of state foster mom and the mother could stay with family members in Oklahoma but the distance where they would stay makes it impossible to have any type of meaningful visitation with her child while she is in Oklahoma for that short time. The foster family mother is placed with has been a blessing to this mother and a great support for her and the mother is working on herself and preparing for the future with her child. The need is a hotel room for a week in the area her child is placed so they could have adequate time to be with each other. The mother has worked very hard and definitely deserves much needed quality time with her child. The foster mother from the other state has bought the plane tickets and is unable to fund a hotel that is close to the child which is why they would have to stay with family that isn't close to where the child is. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

OKDHS is working a prevention case with a family that has 4 children. The oldest went to live with his father for the first time. His father is trying to provide safety and stability for this young man while this young man's mother works to correct conditions so that this young man can come back to her home. This child has been through some hardships and has some behaviors. He is beginning therapy and his father is struggling to get his son to listen to him. This father has no way to reach this young man or keep track of his whereabouts and that is causing him distress. This father works, but does not make enough money to make ends meet.

We are asking to help with providing this child with a pre-paid phone that will allow his father to keep track of him and to get in touch with him in case of emergency.

Thank you for considering this request to help provide an extra layer of safety and accountability for this child. Than you for all you do for our community every day!