Kitchen Items Sought for New Program

From your classmate Mimi: 

 

As mentioned during our last LT class, our new day treatment program is in need of start up supplies with a focus at this time around kitchen and food management.  Participants will be engaged in meal preparation daily as part of the basic skills training, and anything that you can contribute to the kitchen would be greatly appreciated.  This includes but not limited to:

 

Pots/pans                     dishes

Mixing bowls                serving utensils 

Ladles                          Tongs

Kitchen spoons             measuring cups

Can opener                  Colanders

Serving platters              kitchen towels/potholders

Blender                        microwave

sheet pans                    Scissors/grater

 

Donations can be received at the main Family & Children's Services Office located at 650 S. Peoria  (corner of 8^th and Peoria) 

Please leave your name and address so that we can send you a tax donation receipt.

Gently used clothing and shoes will most likely be our next request.

Thank you in advance for any assistance provided.  For more info, please don't hesitate to call Mimi at 230-3112.

 

MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM

 

Women in Recovery (WIR) is an alternative to incarceration program for female offenders, structured within a comprehensive day treatment format for women with substance abuse problems and a myriad of other complicated life problems. The program promotes re-integrative justice and a reduced reliance on incarceration through advocacy, services and community supports. The program uses a holistic, gender-specific and trauma-informed approach which teaches women not only about their addiction but also about health and wellness, relapse prevention, parenting, relationships and emotional expression.

 

A woman is eligible to enter the WIR program if she is 18 years of age or older, is involved in the criminal justice system, has a history of or is at risk of substance abuse and is on track for incarceration in prison. The program will provide a recovery-oriented system of care to women who are either not eligible for or are denied entry into the Drug or Mental Health Court programs.

 

The WIR program will provide robust advocacy with judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys; linkage with parenting programs and family reunification services. Additional referrals or services will include: mental health, psychiatric and medication management services, counseling; employment services, housing services; transportation; and to other community resources for childcare and other basic needs.

 

On one day in March 2008, jail census revealed that there were 88 women currently in jail who would qualify to be referred to a program such as Women in Recovery. Instead, these 88 women were likely sentenced to a state correctional facility where they did not receive the intensive substance abuse and mental illness treatment that can be afforded by a Recovery Oriented System of Care approach.

 

I know this group appreciates statistics and I would be happy to provide data as requested. I didn't want to overwhelm all with too much reading during this "ask" yet I will remind you that Oklahoma has the highest rate of incarcerated women in the nation.