A structured approach to strengthen early intervention, cross-system coordination, and measurable community outcomes for children and families in Tulsa.
This framework is designed around prevention, support, accountability, ethical implementation, and measurable progress. It is not surveillance or punitive intervention.
The foundation of every decision, intervention, and measurement within this framework.
The goal is to identify concerning patterns before children and families enter repeated crisis-system involvement.
Child well-being outcomes are influenced by education, healthcare, mental health, family stability, public safety, economic conditions, and community support systems.
Systems should not only document concerns. Systems should also measure whether interventions improve outcomes over time.
Responses should prioritize family stabilization, child safety, dignity, privacy protections, and least-restrictive intervention whenever possible.
The pilot seeks to measure sustained stabilization rather than temporary crisis interruption alone.
For each indicator category, the framework includes eight structured components.
Reduce chronic absenteeism from 18% missed instructional time to below 8% within 90 days through coordinated school-family intervention.
Reduce repeat screened-in referrals within 12 months through coordinated stabilization planning and increased family engagement.
Reduce repeat law enforcement crisis calls involving children within 6 months through coordinated intervention and stabilization support.
The judicial system plays a unique role in connecting families to stabilizing services at critical decision points. The framework emphasizes building referral pathways that keep families connected to support rather than cycling through repeated court involvement.
Increase successful family stabilization referrals connected through judicial pathways within 12 months.
Healthcare systems are often the first to observe patterns in children's physical well-being. Coordinating between pediatric providers, school nurses, and community health workers strengthens preventive care and reduces avoidable emergency utilization.
Increase preventive healthcare follow-up compliance within 6 months among identified high-risk pediatric populations.
Mental health crisis recurrence often signals gaps in follow-up care, not just severity of need. Coordinated response between behavioral health providers, school counselors, and family support systems reduces repeat crisis escalation.
Reduce repeat behavioral health crisis interventions within 12 months through coordinated follow-up and stabilization planning.
Public health responses operate at the community level, identifying geographic and population-level trends that inform where prevention resources should be concentrated. This framework connects community-level data to cross-sector intervention planning.
Reduce concentrated community instability indicators within targeted geographic areas through coordinated prevention initiatives over 24 months.
The pilot should consistently ask these questions to ensure coordination produces measurable improvement.
The pilot framework includes essential protections to ensure ethical, legal, and trauma-informed implementation.
Tulsa has the opportunity to build a more coordinated, prevention-oriented model that strengthens child safety, educational outcomes, family stability, workforce readiness, and long-term community well-being.
The Tulsa Child Well-Being Pilot is designed to help begin that work through measurable coordination, ethical implementation, and shared accountability across systems.
Safe Children. Stable Families. Strong Communities.