Homelessness

Public protests often follow the same pattern - marching in the streets, holding signs, and chanting for change. Yet, there’s a group in Tulsa taking a different approach -- and have been for years.

It is a tale of three cities.On the morning of May 22, Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers cleared a homeless encampment on vacant state-owned property in Norman under Gov. Kevin Stitt’s Operation SAFE initiative. Service providers said there was no warning that an encampment sweep would be happening.

As part of the "Safe Move Tulsa" initiative, the city wants the public to track the number of unhoused people moved off the streets and the number of camps that are decommissioned. The project has yet to be fully funded.

A new online handbook aims to direct young homeless people to resources for everything from housing to health care.

When a Tulsa woman left a voicemail thanking the crisis workers who helped pull her out of homelessness, violence and addiction, staff at COPES said it arrived at a moment when their services and future face growing strain.

The Tulsa Day Center introduced the “Blue Team” three years ago.

An executive order from President Donald Trump is starting a conversation about expanding the role civil commitment plays at the intersection of mental health and homelessness.

The city of Tulsa is highlights its efforts at clearing out a homeless camp by getting people into housing.

Representatives from organizations that help the homeless gathered at Tulsa Day Center Wednesday to blast Gov. Stitt’s encampment sweeps that began last month.

Last month, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt ordered a large-scale sweep of homeless encampments in Tulsa.