DHS Media Advisory: Press Conference announcing re-opening of the Laura Dester Children's Center as a Residential Treatment Program to serve youth in state custody with intellectual disabilities and severe emotional disturbances
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
News Release
For Media Inquiries, Contact:
Sheree Powell – DHS Office of Communications
Phone: (405) 521-3027
Email: Sheree.Powell@okdhs.org
Phone: (405) 521-3027
Email: Sheree.Powell@okdhs.org
| What: | The Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) and Liberty of Oklahoma will hold a press conference to announce the establishment of a short-term residential treatment program on the campus of the Laura Dester Children's Center (LDCC) in Tulsa. This program will serve children and youth with intellectual disabilities and severe emotional disturbances who are in the custody of the DHS. The press conference will include speakers Sarah Stitt, Governor-elect First Lady, DHS Director Ed Lake, and Hugh Sage, Director of Liberty of Oklahoma. Following the speakers, attendees will be granted a tour of the new facility. |
| When: | Monday, Dec. 17, 2018 10 a.m. |
| Where: | Laura Dester Children's Center 7318 E. Pine St. Tulsa, OK 74115 |
View more information on the Laura Dester Children's Center Residential Treatment Program.
