CarePortal allows local community to respond to child welfare needs through expansion in Creek County

Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) is pleased to announce the expansion of CarePortal into Creek County. The collaborative partnership between Global Orphan Project, 111Project and OKDHS is an online platform sharing the needs of local children and families to a community of churches, allowing them to respond to needs in real-time. Child Welfare professionals identify the needs, focusing on child safety and permanency, and the 111Project organizes ministry partners and offers trainings that equip members to say yes to helping a family.
A CarePortal Launch Celebration will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 5 March 5 at the Sapulpa Historical Museum, 100 E Lee Ave. in Sapulpa. With over 120 children in the county in state custody as of March 1, everyone has a role to play to support them and their families. To register, visit www.111project.org/cplaunch.

"There are so many stories I could tell about lives changed and communities supporting one another through CarePortal," said Jami Majors, Program Administrator for Child Welfare Services Community Partnerships. "Whether it's supporting a family with bus passes so they can get the services they need while keeping their children in their own home, or keeping siblings together in a foster home by providing beds for them, CarePortal is making a difference for Oklahoma families."

"We always ask, 'What if we had more than enough' - more than enough resources so biological families can achieve not just reunification but restoration, more than enough people caring for and serving others so no one is alone, more than enough foster families so families are waiting on children instead of children waiting on families," said Chris Campbell, Executive Director of the 111Project. "We exist to mobilize the faith community so that the local church is not just aware of needs of children and families in crisis but are partnered with the state to see that those families have all the support that they need."

For OKDHS CarePortal questions, please contact Andrea.Stasyszen@okdhs.org. For church CarePortal questions, please contact the 111Project at info@111project.org.