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211 is the best first stop when you don't know where to turn. One call connects you to hundreds of local services.
Free, confidential support 24/7 for people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. Call or text 988.
COPES provides mobile mental health crisis response in Tulsa, sending trained professionals to help people in psychiatric crisis.
During extreme heat or cold, Tulsa opens cooling and warming centers, emergency shelters, and hydration stations.
After tornadoes, storms, floods, or fires, local organizations provide shelter, food, cleanup help, and long-term recovery support.
CERT volunteers receive training in basic disaster response, light search and rescue, fire safety, first aid, and team organization to assist during emergencies.
Tulsa's largest shelter and housing organizations provide emergency shelter, meals, showers, mail services, and pathways to permanent housing.
Organizations throughout Tulsa help qualified households with rent, water, electric, gas bills, deposits, and eviction prevention.
Learn about lease agreements, tenant rights, security deposits, eviction prevention, and how to communicate with landlords.
Programs help first-time homebuyers understand credit, mortgages, down payments, closing costs, and foreclosure prevention.
Homeowners facing financial hardship can receive loan modification guidance, mortgage counseling, and lender negotiation help.
Tulsa Housing Authority and partner organizations provide subsidized housing, Section 8 vouchers, and affordable apartments for low-income families, seniors, and people with disabilities.
Tulsa has dozens of food pantries providing free groceries — fresh produce, frozen meat, shelf-stable items, dairy, and bread.
For people who can't cook or need a meal, organizations throughout Tulsa serve free breakfasts, lunches, and dinners.
Organizations bring food directly into neighborhoods using mobile pantries, especially in areas with limited grocery access.
Neighborhood-maintained outdoor refrigerators and food cabinets available 24/7 on a 'take what you need, leave what you can' basis.
Organizations throughout Tulsa provide free clothing for adults and children — including interview attire, winter coats, shoes, and baby clothes.
Each summer, Tulsa organizations host backpack giveaways with notebooks, pencils, crayons, and more — often including haircuts and health screenings.
During the holidays, organizations help families with Christmas toys, gift cards, food boxes, winter coats, and more. Applications open in the fall.
Many Tulsa groups provide complete Thanksgiving meal boxes with turkeys, hams, and side dishes, plus community dinners.
Organizations support new and expecting parents with diapers, wipes, formula, car seats, strollers, cribs, baby clothes, and more.
Some programs teach practical cooking skills — meal planning, healthy eating, shopping on a budget, food safety, cooking with pantry staples, and diabetes-friendly meals.
The Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma supplies hundreds of partner pantries and operates mobile pantry routes that bring food directly into neighborhoods.
Tulsa has several clinics providing medical care regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.
Medication costs can be a major burden. Organizations help eligible individuals obtain free or reduced-cost prescriptions.
Many Tulsa residents qualify for reduced-cost or free dental services including exams, cleanings, fillings, extractions, and emergency care.
Programs help with eye exams, prescription glasses, vision screenings, and referrals to specialists.
Resources include hearing evaluations, hearing aid referrals, speech therapy, audiology, and language development programs.
Community events frequently provide free blood pressure checks, blood sugar screenings, cholesterol tests, vision and hearing screenings, and flu shots.
Community health workers help residents schedule appointments, understand insurance, find affordable medications, and navigate healthcare systems.
Workshops focus on heart health, weight management, children's nutrition, reading food labels, grocery budgeting, and managing food allergies.
Community health workers help residents schedule medical appointments, understand insurance, find affordable medications, manage chronic illnesses, and navigate healthcare systems.
Tulsa has one of the largest behavioral health networks in Oklahoma, offering individual, family, teen, and group therapy.
Immediate help is available for people experiencing a mental health crisis through 988, COPES, emergency psychiatric evaluations, and mobile response teams.
Programs throughout Tulsa support recovery from substance use disorders with detox, residential treatment, outpatient care, and peer support.
Comprehensive services for survivors of domestic violence include emergency shelter, safety planning, counseling, protective orders, and legal advocacy.
One of Tulsa's most comprehensive victim-service centers, providing protective orders, legal advice, counseling referrals, and advocacy under one roof.
Specialized assistance includes 24-hour crisis response, hospital advocacy, counseling, forensic medical referrals, and legal advocacy.
Support groups and resources for families affected by a loved one's addiction — including Al-Anon, Nar-Anon, family counseling, and education about addiction as a disease.
Organizations help people find stable employment even with limited experience, criminal records, gaps, or transportation challenges.
Agencies provide one-on-one help building resumes, writing cover letters, preparing for interviews, and building LinkedIn profiles.
Available services include job leads, local hiring events, employer connections, application assistance, and connections to background-friendly employers.
Tulsa-area programs prepare people for careers in welding, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, carpentry, CDL, aviation maintenance, and more — many are free or grant-funded.
Programs for teenagers and young adults include summer employment, paid internships, career exploration, and workforce readiness training.
Tulsa organizations support entrepreneurs through business planning, LLC formation, licensing, marketing, bookkeeping, loans, and mentorship.
Volunteering builds experience and serves the community. Opportunities include food pantries, animal shelters, mentoring, disaster response, and more.
Adults who didn't complete high school can receive free GED preparation, practice testing, tutoring, and test scheduling assistance.
Programs help adults improve reading, writing, English comprehension, workplace literacy, financial literacy, and digital literacy.
Many organizations offer beginner, intermediate, and advanced English classes, plus citizenship English and conversation groups.
Classes cover basic computer use, email, Microsoft Office, internet safety, online banking, online job applications, and digital literacy.
Students receive assistance with college applications, FAFSA completion, scholarship searches, ACT/SAT prep, campus visits, and essay writing.
Youth can participate in robotics teams, coding clubs, engineering camps, drone programs, 3D printing workshops, science fairs, and makerspaces.
Tulsa's library system offers free Wi-Fi, computers, printing, GED resources, homework help, coding classes, career tools, and family programs.
School-based staff help families connect with clothing, school supplies, food, hygiene, mental health referrals, housing, and transportation. Homeless students get extra support under federal law.
Tulsa organizations help residents research family history, access historical records, preserve photographs, conduct oral history interviews, and learn about local history.
Programs provide bus passes, gas cards, transportation to medical appointments, work, and for seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities.
Agencies help new riders learn how to read bus schedules, plan routes, purchase fares, transfer, and access reduced-fare programs.
Nonprofits repair donated bicycles for children, students, and workers. Programs also teach bicycle safety, maintenance, and host group rides.
Programs help with driver's education, defensive driving, license reinstatement information, insurance education, and vehicle registration guidance.
Nonprofits teach financial skills including budgeting, saving, credit scores, avoiding scams, banking basics, debt management, and retirement planning.
During tax season, IRS-certified volunteers provide free tax preparation including federal returns, Oklahoma returns, EITC, and Child Tax Credit.
Nonprofits help people apply for SNAP, WIC, SoonerCare, Medicare, Social Security, SSDI, SSI, TANF, LIHEAP, and more — walking them through the process.
Agencies teach people how to avoid romance scams, IRS scams, tech support scams, gift card scams, phishing, identity theft, and more.
Residents can get help with identity theft, fraud, debt collection harassment, predatory lending, landlord disputes, and contractor complaints.
Unlike one-time emergency assistance, financial coaches work with clients for months — helping increase income, reduce debt, build savings, improve credit, and plan for the future.
Many Tulsa organizations provide services for older adults including meals, transportation, benefits counseling, Medicare help, and social activities.
Eligible seniors receive home-delivered meals, wellness checks, friendly visits, nutrition monitoring, and referrals to additional services.
Programs assist family caregivers through support groups, respite care referrals, educational workshops, counseling, and long-term care planning.
Organizations connect older adults with children who need support in reading, homework, mentoring, emotional support, and early childhood development.
Organizations serve individuals with physical, developmental, and intellectual disabilities through independent living support, employment, advocacy, and assistive technology.
Veterans in Tulsa may receive help with housing, employment, VA benefits, mental health, food, transportation, utility assistance, and case management.
Programs for military families include deployment support, childcare assistance, emergency financial help, counseling, and holiday assistance.
Community centers function as one-stop resource hubs providing food, clothing, health referrals, education, housing support, benefits navigation, and case management.
Resources include foster parent training, adoption counseling, support groups, clothing closets, respite care, and kinship care assistance.
Programs specifically for fathers include parenting education, employment support, healthy relationships, child support guidance, and co-parenting classes.
Services for mothers include pregnancy education, breastfeeding support, parenting groups, mental health counseling, nutrition, and family case management.
Young parents can access childcare referrals, parenting classes, school completion assistance, transportation, baby supplies, and career planning.
Organizations pair young people with adult mentors for academic success, character development, leadership, college readiness, and career exploration.
Low-income residents may qualify for free civil legal assistance with evictions, housing disputes, public benefits, family law, consumer protection, and more.
Community mediation programs help resolve disagreements involving families, neighbors, landlords and tenants, small businesses, and consumer issues — often avoiding court.
Programs help explain court procedures, required paperwork, hearing preparation, available legal resources, victim services, family court processes, and small claims procedures.
Organizations host clinics that help eligible individuals clear certain criminal records, including eligibility review, paperwork assistance, legal consultations, and court filing guidance.
Protective orders (restraining orders) are available free of charge through the Family Safety Center and DVIS — providing legal protection from abusers.
Tulsa organizations assist individuals reentering the community with employment, housing, ID replacement, counseling, peer mentoring, and family reunification.
Losing identification can prevent getting a job, renting an apartment, or opening a bank account. Organizations help replace Oklahoma IDs, birth certificates, Social Security cards, and more.
Tulsa neighborhood associations work on public safety, beautification, community gardens, events, and neighborhood grants. Getting involved keeps you informed and connected.
Tulsa community gardens offer free gardening education, shared plots, fresh produce, composting, seed exchanges, and children's gardening programs.
Tulsa neighborhoods organize volunteers to report suspicious activity, improve lighting, promote safety education, coordinate with police, and build connections.
Case managers help coordinate many services at once — housing, food, medical care, mental health, employment, childcare, transportation, and benefits — for lasting stability.
Organizations refurbish donated devices — laptops, desktops, tablets, monitors, and hotspots — and distribute them to students, job seekers, veterans, and low-income families.
Mutual aid groups are neighbors helping neighbors — grocery deliveries, emergency rides, small cash, pet food sharing, clothing exchanges, meal trains, and community refrigerators.
Volunteer groups host events where people can get help with bicycle repairs, small appliance repair, clothing mending, computer repair, wheelchair maintenance, and knife sharpening.
Community makerspaces provide access to 3D printers, laser cutters, and sewing machines. Tool libraries lend tools. Seed libraries let you borrow vegetable seeds.
Throughout the year, volunteers can help with Thanksgiving meals, Christmas toy drives, school supply giveaways, community festivals, disaster relief, food sorting, and senior visits.
Beyond offering free Wi-Fi, some organizations teach people how to create email accounts, use cloud storage, apply for jobs online, protect personal information, and access telehealth.
Organizations provide dog food, cat food, pet supplies, low-cost vaccinations, spay/neuter, and basic wellness exams to help families keep their pets during hardship.
Some nonprofits accept donated vehicles and either repair and provide them to families, sell them to fund community programs, or use them for vocational training.
Tulsa-area organizations support community cleanups, river restoration, tree planting, recycling education, stormwater protection, and energy conservation.
Many churches provide emergency assistance — rent, utilities, food, clothing, transportation, and household goods — even if you're not a member.
Community centers are the front door to local services — offering after-school programs, sports, computer labs, food distributions, health fairs, and community events.
Scholarship-based programs offer instrument loans, music lessons, choirs, bands, recording workshops, theater, dance, and visual arts — accessible regardless of income.
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