Goal: Promoting
informed decision making about resources, policies and laws affecting the human
service system
MHSC
Government -
national level I
Government - state
level I State legislators
I 2007 legislative studies,
committees
Research and data for
informed decision making I
Community profile reports I
Links, resources,
articles
Tulsa's Metropolitan Human Services Commission (MHSC)
coordinates funding, planning and policy decisions affecting human services in
Tulsa County; provides overall leadership in guiding the use of partners’
resources in addressing major community issues and concerns; and promotes public
policy action needed for prevention and effective service delivery.
Formed in 1981, MHSC is a planning and policy partnership among the
City of Tulsa, Tulsa County, Tulsa Area United Way, Oklahoma
Department of Human Services, Tulsa Public Schools, Union Public
Schools, and Tulsa City-County Health Department, with
representatives also from the business and faith communities.
Community Service Council provides staff support for the work of the
MHSC.
MHSC’s major priorities focus on impacting policies, funding, and
system improvements for improving school readiness, preventing child
abuse and neglect, improving education outcomes through
collaboration of school, family, and community resources, and
improving state/local coordinated decision making addressing health
and human service needs. In addressing these priorities MHSC’s roles
include developing information to guide policy and resource
decisions, advocating at the state legislature, researching best
practice approaches, and maintaining formal communications with
major state agency leaders on MHSC priorities and engaging their
support.
Community Profile: MHSC and Community Service Council publish an annual
Community Profile Report--information on conditions and needs,
to guide human services planning and action.
2008 Meeting
Schedule
(1:30 p.m.)
January 18
February 15
March
28 cancelled
April 18
May 16
June 20
July 18
August 15
September
19
October 17
November 14
December 5
Meetings are held in
Tulsa at
16 East 16th Street, 1st
Floor Conference Room.
Online ...
MHSC 2006 Mid-Year Highlights Report (October 2006)
Community Schools Presentation
MHSC
report--mission, scope, functions, priorities, strategies
Looking back ...
MHSC 2006 Work Plan (April 2005)
MHSC 2005 Mid-Year Highlights Report (August 2005)
MHSC 2004 Highlights Report
(February 2005)
MHSC Background (April 2005)
More about the MHSC, and CSC's community planning for policy and
resource development
GOVERNMENT, National Level -
110th U.S. Congress
Oklahomans, find your federal &
state Senators & Representatives:
http://www.capitolconnect.com/oklahoma/default.aspx
U.S. Senate:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=OK
Oklahoma's Senators:
Senator Tom Coburn
(R – OK)http://coburn.senate.gov/
Washington, DC office:
172 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone:
(202) 224-5754
Fax: (202) 224-6008
Web form:
coburn.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Tulsa office:
1800 South Baltimore, Suite 800
Tulsa, OK 74119
Phone: (918) 581-7651
Fax: (918) 581-7195
Senator James M.
Inhofe
(R - OK)
http://inhofe.senate.gov/
Washington, DC office:
453 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4721
FAX: (202) 228-0380
Web form:
inhofe.senate.gov/contactus.htm
Tulsa office:
1924 S.
Utica Avenue, Suite 530
Tulsa, OK 74104 -6511
Phone: (918) 748-5111
Fax: (918) 748-5119
U.S. House of
Representatives:
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.shtml
Tulsa's Representative:
Congressman John Sullivan - Congressional District 1, Tulsa County
Washington, DC
office:
114 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone:
(202) 225-2211
Fax: (202) 225-9187
Tulsa district
office:
5727 S. Lewis Avenue, Suite 520
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74105-7146
Phone:
(918) 749-0014
Fax: (918) 749-0781
To email
Congressman Sullivan about an issue:
http://sullivan.house.gov/zipauth.html
To schedule a
meeting with Congressman Sullivan,
or a member of his staff, please
email ok01scheduling@mail.house.gov
or contact the Washington, D.C. office at 202-225-2211.
GOVERNMENT, State Level --
OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE
Oklahoma House: 800-522-8502
or 405-521-2711; fax 405-557-7351
Oklahoma Senate: 800-865-6490
or 405-524-0126;
fax 405-521-5507
Governor: 800-865-5853
Tulsa's 2007 State
Senators & Representatives -
chart
Oklahoma Legislative
Website:
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/
Visit this
website for information about legislation, the House, and
the Senate:
HOUSE HOME PAGE
House Members,
Committees,
Meeting Notices,
Calendar,
Information
SENATE HOME PAGE
Senate Members,
Committees,
Meeting Notices,
Schedule
LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM
Oklahoma Statutes & Constitution,
Status of Measures,
Text of Measures,
Search Text of Measures
Session Highlights,
Legislative Summary,
News
Glossary of Legislative Terms
(Senate,
House)
State
Senate:
Senate Members:
http://www.oksenate.gov/Senators/directorypictorial.htm
Senate Committees:
http://www.oksenate.gov/committees.htm
Committee Leaders:
2007 Senate Committees - Leadership Appointments
Senate Pictorial:
http://www.oksenate.gov/Senators/directorypictorial.htm
Senate Alphabetical:
http://www.oksenate.gov/Senators/directoryalpha.htm
Find your Senator:
http://www.capitolconnect.com/oklahoma/default.aspx
State House of
Representatives:
Oklahoma House Members:
http://www.okhouse.gov/Members/MemberListing.aspx
Find Your House Member:
http://www.capitolconnect.com/oklahoma/default.aspx
Leadership:
Majority:
http://www.okhouse.gov/Members/HouseOrg.aspx
Minority:
http://www.okhouse.gov/Members/HouseOrgMinority.aspx
2007 House Standing Committees, including Appropriations and Budget
Subcommittees:
http://www.okhouse.gov/Committees/Comm_StandingCommittees.aspx
GOVERNMENT, LOCAL
LEVEL - Tulsa City Council
200 Civic Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103,
(918) 596-1990
Council Members--Photos, Profiles, Email Links, and Districts;
City
Council Website
OKLAHOMA LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES & STUDIES, 2007
- more
HOW TO TRACK STATE LEGISLATION
Go to the Legislative Service Bureau home
page for both the House & Senate (other legislative info can be obtained
from this home page) at:
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us
and
CLICK
button "Status of Measures" (top of the middle column).
Under "Bill
Tracking Reports” CLICK Basic Search Form.
In the “Measure Numbers” BOX enter the
bill number(s) without a space (eg., SB905). (SB-Senate Bill or HB-House
Bill)
In the “Session” BOX select the session in which the bill was acted on.
CLICK “Retrieve.”
You will then see a full history of the
bill, as well as the various text versions of the bill (e.g., House Amended,
House Committee Report, etc.).
To see the final version of the bill, as
sent to the Governor, select the Enrolled version.
You may also get copies of bills at
www2.lsb.state.ok.us/billtext.html
To learn about pre-filed House bills, go
to
http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/docs/hb_short_titles.html
OKLAHOMA LEGISLATIVE SESSION SUMMARIES
2007 - First Session of
the 51st Legislature
http://www.oksenate.gov/publications/legislative_summary/2007_legislative_summary.pdf
2006 - Second Session of the 50th
Legislature
http://www.oksenate.gov/publications/legislative_summary/2006_legislative_summary.pdf
2007 Oklahoma House of Representatives Session Summary
Session Overview Final Version, June 15, 2007
http://www.okhouse.gov/Press/2007SessionOverview.pdf
FY-08 Legislative Appropriations, May 25, 2007
http://www.okhouse.gov/Press/FY-08LegislativeAppropriations.pdf
SB 334 General Appropriations Bill Summary,June 13, 2007
http://www.okhouse.gov/Press/SB334%20GA%20Bill%20Summary.pdf
SELECTED PUBLIC POLICY
LINKS, RESOURCES, & ARTICLES
2007 Legislative
Report on Children and Youth - Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy
-
here
The Alliance for Oklahoma's Future
is a broad-based, nonpartisan alliance of organizations and
individuals that work together to educate its members, policymakers,
and the broader public about tax and budget issues, and the need for
policies that ensure adequate investment in public services in
Oklahoma.
http://www.okbudgetalliance.org/
Tulsa public policy information resource
-
Tulsa's Community Action Project publishes issue briefs and other
reports on key public policy topics. Publications and links:
http://www.captc.org/public-policy.asp
A
recommended publication:
What works to prevent crime, youth violence and substance abuse?
Finding bootstraps when you don’t
have
boots -- poverty issues in Oklahoma:
Oklahoma Self-Sufficiency Standard
-
In February
2002, CAP joined with Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW), the University of
Washington and a statewide coalition of advocacy groups, public agencies and
concerned individuals to release the Self-Sufficiency Standard for Oklahoma,
a landmark report on the income needs of Oklahoma families. Below you can
access a copy of the full report or the 2-page executive summary (if you
cannot open the report, try right-clicking and saving the file to your
desktop or a folder, and then opening it). There is also a Power Point
presentation summarizing key findings of the report and the ongoing work of
the Self-Sufficiency Coalition. For other materials related to the release
of the Standard, visit the Oklahoma Family Economic Self-Sufficiency
Website.
Please go to the
following for additional information concerning poverty in Oklahoma:
·
Oklahoma Self-Sufficiency Standard Full Report
-
http://www.captc.org/pubpol/SSS/okFullReport.pdf
·
Executive Summary
-
http://www.captc.org/pubpol/SSS/Executive_Summary_SSS_Report.doc
·
Self-Sufficiency Standard Fact Sheet
-
http://www.captc.org/pubpol/SSS/OK_SSS_Factsheet.pdf
·
Coming Up Short: New Report Compares Wages and Work Supports in OKC, 9
Other Cities
-http://www.captc.org/pubpol/SSS/ComingUpShort.pdf
·
Presentation on the Self-Sufficiency Standard
-
http://www.captc.org/pubpol/SSS/present_generic.ppt
·
Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Website: Oklahoma
-
http://www.sixstrategies.org/states/stateproject.cfm?strStateProject=OK
·
WOW: Setting the Standard for American Working Families
-
http://www.captc.org/pubpol/SSS/SettingStandard.pdf
·
DHS Benefits Model: An Analysis of Public Policies and Incentive
Structures in Oklahoma
-
http://www.captc.org/pubpol/SSS/DHS_Incentives.ppt
Research and
Data for Informed Decision Making
Research and essential
information about the Tulsa
and surrounding communities are a key aspect of the Council’s ongoing
efforts to support informed decision making.
In 2006, CSC
established the
Census
Information
Center and has
provided over 100 census data reports and files for community
members to date in 2007. This data is used from grant writing to
high school home work assignments. Data is accessible
online, or in person at the
Main
Tower
office.
The Council is
commissioned each year by the
Tulsa Area United Way
to prepare the Tulsa Community Profile.
This presentation has been presented 53 times from
Seattle
Washington to
Washington
DC.
The content contains over 250 slides, graphs and maps which are
offered in 22 different configurations for presentation. Many area
organizations are using the profile for baseline data for monitoring
their program activities.
CSC has over 30
original publications and reports now available on the website.
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For more information:
Dan Arthrell, Director of Public Policy, Community Service Council of
Greater Tulsa -
darthrell@csctulsa.org
