Jul 25, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Featured
Diversion Hub: Bright Future, Current Successes Diversion Hub connects justice-involved individuals to social services and programs to minimize their contact with the criminal legal system — reducing the pressure on Oklahoma’s jail and prisons. Clients receive various...
Jul 2, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Featured
Live Free OKC: Impact on Gun Homicides in Northeast OKC Live Free OKC hosted a press conference on July 1, 2024, to give a status update on gun homicides in Northeast OKC. Live Free OKC, founded in August of 2023, aims to dramatically reduce gun violence in impacted...
Jun 28, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Featured
Diversion Programs Successfully Lower Incarceration Rates OSBI’s most recent crime reporting shows that in 2021 the crime rate in Oklahoma City was 77.88 per 1,000 residents, compared to 102.72 per 1,000 in Tulsa. Additional reporting by the FBI shows that crimes...
Jun 18, 2024 | Featured, Homelessness
Exploring the 2024 Point In Time Count In the cold, early morning hours on January 25, roughly 100 volunteers spread out across Oklahoma City to conduct the 2024 Point in Time (PIT) count. 1,838 individuals were found to be experiencing homelessness — a 28% increase...
Jun 10, 2024 | Featured, Homelessness
Longtime Executive Director of Homeless Alliance Dan Straughan Retires Dan Straughan retired in April after 20 years of serving as the Executive Director of Homeless Alliance. In 2004, after working at the Federal Reserve and then United Way, Dan was eager for a new...
May 30, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Featured
National Treatment Court Month “Drug courts are a place where people can and do change,” said District Judge Kenneth Stoner in a recent op-ed. “In fact, when people are engaged with compassion and accountability, that change is not just possible, it’s probable and...
