Family Safety Center Inc

“The form 990 is reviewed by members of the executive and finance committees and then presented to and accepted by the board of directors.”

“No director shall vote on a question in which such director is interested, except the election of a president, or other officer, but in the absence of fraud, no contract or other transaction of the corporation shall be affected or invalidated in any way by the fact that any of the directors of the corporation are in anyway interested in or connected with any other party to such contract or transaction, or are themselves parties to such contract or transaction, provided that such interest or connection shall be fully disclosed or otherwise known to the board of directors at the meeting of said board at which such contract or transaction is authorized or confirmed, and that the contract or transaction is fair as to the corporation at the time.”

“All salaries and compensation, if any, paid by the corporation to executive officers may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors at a meeting of the board to be held as provided by the bylaws, and any payment of any character to any executive officer of the corporation or any contract made with such executive officer must be approved by a majority of the whole board of directors at a meeting of the board, before such payment is made or contract executed. The executive director's performance review is conducted annually and no compensation changes were made in 2024.”

“All governing documents of the organization are available to the public upon written request. A nominal charge may be assessed for copying and printing.”

“The family safety center exists to promote safety and justice in tulsa county through co-located multi-disciplinary services that offer protection, hope and healing to victims of intimate partner and family violence, sexual assault, stalking and elder abuse.”

“The family safety center (fsc) is a collaborative partnership of 13 agencies that place their professional staff in one location to serve the victims of intimate partner and domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking and their families. Originally established in 2005 as one of 15 awardees of the president's family justice center initiative, and administered by one of the partners, the fsc became an independent agency in march of 2012. Onsite partner staff provides civil legal services, police investigative services, bi-lingual advocacy and self sufficiency resources and referrals, an emergency protective order (epo) court via written affidavit and petition, child trauma assessment and triage counseling, forensic documentation of injuries and sexual assault exams, chaplaincy for spiritual support, mental health support and childcare for onsite clients. In 2024, the fsc provided more than 18,000 services to 7200 individual clients. 3,685 epos were filed with 2940 granted, an 80% grant rate. The program expanded partnership to include other service delivery organizations and research partner, the university of oklahoma. This included emergency housing assistance, rental and utility payment assistance for victims of dv and ipv to prevent homelessness and an organization, project hope, to assist in eviction prevention during covid for victims and families. The fsc continuted in a partnership with the 14th district court to coordinate the mentor court program recently awarded to the court. This program mentors other jurisdictions identitifed by the department of justice to implement best practices in holding offenders accountability through dedicated dockets for misdemeanors and felonies.”

“During 2024, fsc staff and partners provided training sessions at the office of the attorney general partners conference on domestic violence and sexual assault and the district attorney's council coordinated community response team and sexual assault response team meetings. Some 750 individuals were engaged in the programming at the meetings. More than 8,000 victims in these areas received domestic violence awareness training, lethality assessments and information on non-fatal strangulation. Also, the fsc staff presented webinars on sustainable funding sources and fundraising to 62 family justice centers (fjcs) at the annual national family justice center alliance directors summit. Additionally, staff convenes and conducts monthly lunch and learn sessions for partner and outside agency staff on subjects such as non lethal strangulation, pro se services for clients, roles and responsibilities of advocates, investigation of crimes, and in relation to human trafficking. More than 45 children and their guardian families engaged in the camp hope-oklahoma-tulsa program and activities. All participants saw significant increases in hope and resilience after camp and monthly group experiences throughout the year.”