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 The Tulsa Partnership

Tulsa programs and initiatives are impacting young children's lives and our community's future

"It's clear that the research findings sound a loud call to action on behalf of young children. Here in the Tulsa area and around the state of Oklahoma, many organizations and individuals have answered the call, building momentum for Tulsa's growing community commitment to assuring that all young children will enter school healthy and ready to succeed."

- Tulsa Mayor Bill LaFortune

A Tulsa tradition

Read the presentations by Tulsa community leaders at the October 10th, 2002 Tulsa Partnership Kick-Off Event.

Learn more about many Tulsa programs and initiatives and their significance, in this award-winning report which helped lay the groundwork for JumpStart:

A Celebration of Progress and a Call to Action ... Tulsa Community Conference on Early Childhood Development - October 2002

Read more about the Tulsa Community Conference, including presentation highlights and video transcriptions

Also, read the history of Tulsa's involvement in promoting positive early childhood development - with links to many outstanding local area initiatives.

Tulsa's early childhood development system

In Tulsa, the Community Service Council and the Metropolitan Human Services Commission have been working for several years in partnership with community organizations and policy makers to create an effective Early Childhood Development System for our community.

The Tulsa Partnership for Early Childhood Success and JumpStart are key components within the context of this overall community action plan.

The work plan for developing the system is organized by the following goal areas:

• responsible parenthood
• preventive health care and early treatment
• early care and learning
• family engagement and support in neighborhoods
• community mobilization for resource and policy development and community engagement

View this chart for an overview of how Tulsa's system is organized, and major actions underway.

To learn more about how this work has developed in Tulsa, and many outstanding Tulsa-area programs and initiatives, please read A Celebration of Progress and a Call to Action ... Tulsa Community Conference on Early Childhood Development.

Read more about the Tulsa County Partnership for Early Childhood Succes/JumpStart and the Kick-Off Event.

Download Young Children in Tulsa County: Facts at Your Fingertips -- data about Tulsa's children ages five years and younger: demographics, family types, income and poverty, maternal and child health, early care and learning. Updated in October 2003 by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa.

Read the Tulsa 2008 Community Profile, Early Childhood Edition.

Learn more about related coalitions, initiatives, research, public policy advocacy, and services organized by the Community Service Council.

Drawing by Ellie, age 4 - Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2003
 

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