Resources

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Resource Assistance Sites
The partners below assist with locating organizations in your area who can help with a variety of resources.

2-1-1 Oklahoma: Provides general services along with food, housing, bills, mental health, child care, and other needs 24 hours/7 days a week. Call 2-1-1 or text your zip code to 898-211.

Findhelp.org: Search and connect to support. Financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, and other free or reduced-cost help starts here.

parentPRO: parentPRO promotes Oklahoma families with young children by linking you with programs that best fit your family. Many of Oklahoma’s parenting programs can be provided in the convenience of your home. No need to find childcare or transport the family to the clinic.

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Parent Promise works to reduce parent stress by connecting families with additional community resources. Our Parent Educators help determine each family’s needs and work to find the partner that will benefit them. Learn more about some of the resources we connect our families with below.

Oklahoma Breastfeeding Support Hotline – Breastfeeding resources are provided on this website, as well as a FREE 24-hour breastfeeding support hotline.

LaLeche League – Support from other moms who are also breastfeeding their babies.

COBA – Coalition of Oklahoma Breastfeeding Advocates

Safe Kids Oklahoma – Browse this website for a list of ‘car seat events’. Find an event near you; car seats are distributed on a first come, first serve basis. Review the details about the event; car seats are given for free at some events, and they are given out for a small cost.

Consumer Affairs – A car seat is one of the most important purchases you will make as a parent or caregiver. Your child will need an age appropriate car seat every time they ride in a car until they are big enough to use an adult seat belt, usually around age 8. Compare car seats here.

Rainbow Fleet – This agency serves as a resource for parents who are searching for quality child care. Call or visit them, tell them what type of child care you are searching for, and they will give you a list of child care options that meet your criteria.

OKDHS Child Care Locater

Affinity Counseling – Counseling and case management services provided to you in your home. Accepts Medicaid.

Start Your Recovery – A free and confidential tool that helps individuals take steps toward a healthy relationship with drugs and alcohol by linking them to drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers in their area.

Red Road Counseling

A Chance to Change

NorthCare

Sunbeam Family Services

Pivot

Ocean Dental

Crossings Community Clinic – Call first for an appointment. No one turned away due to inability to pay.

OU School of Dentistry – Low-cost quality care by dental students in an educational environment.

Variety Care

Sooner Start – If a child is showing signs of a delay, Sooner Start will provide in-depth screening and developmental services to ensure that the child is ready to enter school at grade level.

Metropolitan Library System – Find the library nearest you for fun story times and access to lots of books.

Sooner SUCCESS – Support for families who have a child with a disability.

Early Birds – Parents of young children can sign up for this free one-time class. Participants will receive developmental information along with new books and toys for their children.

OUHSC Child Guidance

Sunbeam Family Services

Community Action Agency – Head start.

Palomar

YWCA – Offers a variety of support services for victims of domestic violence, such as counseling for children and adults, emergency shelter, and transitional housing. The 24-hour domestic violence hotline is listed. The domestic violence shelter is a place where parents and their children can stay together.

Oklahoma Safeline – Listed on this website are all domestic violence resources throughout the state and their hotline information.

OCCC GED

OCCC ESL

OCCC Citizenship – Assistance with preparation for the Citizenship test.

TANF

Emerson Alternative High School

Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City – See their website for information regarding job fairs and other assistance regarding finding adequate employment.

Dress for Success – Referral required; women who are referred are given professional attire and coaching regarding resume and interview skills. Must have an interview scheduled to qualify for services.

Suited for Success – Referral required from partner agency; women who are referred are given professional attire; must have an interview scheduled to qualify for services.

SMART (Single Mothers Academic Resource Team) – Assists with resources and guidance for single mothers who are interested in continuing their education.

Positive Tomorrows

Oklahoma Works

NorthCare

Salvation Army Center of Hope – Family Shelter

Rose Home Shelter – Emergency shelter for pregnant women

OKCity Crisis Nursery – Emergency care for children in times of crisis

Homeless Alliance

Variety Care – Must call for appointment; offered on sliding scale; accepts SoonerCare and private insurance.

Oklahoma City-County Health Department – Find the location nearest you on the website, then call that location to ensure that an appointment is not necessary for the service that you are needing.

Planned Parenthood – Accepts SoonerCare and private insurance for a variety of birth control options; locations are listed on website.

Skyline Urban Ministries Food Pantry – Follow link to website for hours of operation. No referral necessary.

Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma – Visit this website to find a food pantry near you.

WIC (Women, Infants, Children)

Bethel Foundation – Focused on assisting single mothers with clothing and food and other services aimed at helping single mothers gain stability.

Salvation Army – Community meal.

SNAP (Oklahoma Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)

Reaching Our City (ROC)

Hope Chest OKC – Must have referral. This nonprofit provides beds and other household items to families who are in need of furnishings.

Sooner Plan – Family planning coverage for low-income individuals.

Birth Choice – Free pregnancy test and ultrasound. Prenatal care also provided here. May be able to help with diapers and formula; call Birth Choice for more information.

Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline – Ready to quit smoking cigarettes? This hotline will connect you with a ‘Quit Coach’ and gum or lozenges to help you in the quitting process. Coaches are former smokers who are dedicated to helping other people quit smoking.

Crossings Community Clinic – Medical and dental care.

Skyline Urban Ministries – Vision clinic.

Hearts for Hearing – Provides devices and services to help restore hearing to both children and adults. Provided at low cost or free.

Cross and Crown Medical Clinic

Good Samaritan Clinic – Edmond

Good Shepherd Clinic – OKC

Hope Center Clinic – Edmond

Mary Mahoney Memorial Health Center

OKC Indian Clinic

Variety Care

Community Action Agency – They offer prescription assistance, sober living and an outpatient substance abuse treatment program.

Oklahoma City Housing Authority

Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency

Neighborhood Services Organization – Transitional housing; this agency also has a WIC and dental clinic.

Hope House

Catholic Charities – Shelter and case management services for women and their children.

Pivot – For youth 12 to 17.

Community Action Agency – Homebuyer education and housing counseling, assistance for down payments/closing costs, weatherization and emergency home repairs.

Salvation Army – Emergency financial assistance for utilities, dependent on availability of funds.

LIHEAP – Utility assistance program.

Upward Transitions

Catholic Charities

Community Action Agency – Rent/mortgage assistance, utility assistance.

Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma

OKC Legal Advice Clinic – The third Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Catholic Charities Immigration Services

Hispanic American Mission – Assistance with immigration process for a small fee. (Bilingual)

Integris Baptist Medical Center

ReMerge

Military OneSource – Support for the military community, including spouses, children, and veterans.

Tips for restful sleep during pregnancy – Are some bedding products better for pregnancy? Find out with this free resource from Tuck Sleep.

Online community resource binder – For more resources, follow the link to visit this online resource binder brought to you by one of our community partners, Smart Start of Central Oklahoma.

Healthy sleep for children: what you need to know! – It is widely recognized that sleep is important for children’s health and well-being and that short sleep duration is associated with a wide range of negative health outcomes.

Tips for Childproofing by Consumer Notice – Learn more about how to make your home safe for you and your children.