With nowhere else to go, some of states most vulnerable kids end up at Tulsas Laura Dester shelter

2018

Wanda Felty
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Disability advocate Wanda Felty has concerns that turning Laura Dester into an institutional setting for disabled children would not be the best solution. Felty said she could support the move if the new facility provides short-term therapy with the goal of eventually moving kids into more family-like homes. Much of that will be determined by who the operator of the new facility is, Felty said. Oklahoma is supposed to eliminiate the use of shelters like Laura Dester as part of the Pinnacle Plan, an outline the state is following to improve its child welfare system. I have concerns that the model we are trying to create is not the best practice, Felty said. Its just changing the name of Laura Dester to meet the standards of the Pinnacle Plan.

transition, Laura Dester, shelters, developmental disabilities, treatment programs

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