With their 2025 Felony Drug and Mental Health Court class, the Tulsa County Alternative Courts Program saved taxpayers across the state approximately $1.8 million.
Instead of sending individuals with drug or felony charges to prison, they rehabilitate them and get them ready to re-enter society.
However, financial woes at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services has the program’s fate hanging in the balance.
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$43M shortfall: State Legislation seeks answers in mental health funding
“If we lost our funding from the Department of Mental Health, we would not be able to sustain,” said TCACP Director Ericka Jeffords. “Unfortunately, we don’t know much about what our funding is going to look like for next year.”…