It Takes a Village Oklahoma Youth Organization Foundation

12/25/2022

Merry Blessed Christmas to You & Yours❣️🎄

09/04/2022

Meet Patti Stem, board member & Vice President at “It Takes a Village Oklahoma Youth Organization Foundation.”
Dr. Patti Stem’s entire career has been working in the mental health field working with juveniles and adults in forensic and correctional settings. She currently holds the position of Deputy Chief Mental Health Officer for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Additionally, she teaches Psychology of Trauma as an adjunct professor at the University of Tulsa. Patti is a supporter of Advocates for Africa, a mission dedicated to serving the people of Rwanda. She was a part of their first Women’s Conference held in Rwanda in 2020, and will be returning to Rwanda in February of 2023 for a week of service. She also sponsors 3 children through Advocates. In her spare time, she loves photography, especially nature photography, but also loves photographing her grandchildren, and her 3 cats, to their annoyance. She is a member of View Acres Baptist Church in Tulsa, and also a member of the life group Sisters in Public Service through Life Church in Norman.
Patti is blessed with a large and growing family that includes 4 grown children, 20 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren (and 3 more great grandchildren coming before the end of 2022!) As she watched her grandchildren transitioning to adulthood, surrounded with tremendous family support, she was aware that young adults aging out of foster care don’t always have the support they need, and that is what drew her to be a part of ITAV.
We are so grateful to have Patti on our Board of Directors, she is a great advocate for mental health & our children will benefit greatly from her expertise & wisdom.

07/17/2022

Meet Misty Seale, board member at “It Takes a Village Oklahoma Youth Organization Foundation.”

Misty has been a foster care advocate for over 8 years and is an adoptive mom to 2 precious Haitian children. She has been married 19 years and has a total of 4 children. Originally from Louisiana, she loves the outdoors and spending quality time with her family.
Misty is a Regional Manager with the 111Project where she works to engage the local church in recruiting foster families and meeting CarePortal needs of families and children in crisis.
Misty serves at her church through a foster/adoptive ministry that she started 8 years ago called Love Does at Timber Creek Fellowship in Norman, OK. She has been a CASA for 7 years and a Stand in the Gap mentor for almost a year. She also volunteers as an Orphan Sunday Coordinator in Oklahoma.

We are so grateful to have Misty on our Board of Directors, she is a true champion for children who are in need.

01/11/2022

Providing a safe, supportive residential home environment for youth who are aged out of the foster care system, and youth who has been in the juvenile justice systems needing a new start. The services will include food program services, which will consist of breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner, independent living skill’s, financial literacy, time management, clothing assistance, educational services will ensure each youth completes his/her high school or GED to transition into a trade school or college, employment/career services, mentorship, mental health/counseling services, and medical services. Our program will ensure the youth are taught life skills that will prepare them for a successful adulthood.

01/02/2022

https://youtu.be/lAyljashF2A

Children aging out of foster care and becoming homeless is a growing epidemic that people need to take the time to understand. This video is both informative...

12/09/2021

Provide a safe, supportive residential home environment for youth who are aged out of the foster care system, and youth who has been in the juvenile justice systems needing a new start. The services will include food program services, which will consist of breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner, independent living skill’s, financial literacy, time management, clothing assistance, educational services will ensure each youth completes his/her high school or GED to transition into a trade school or college, employment/career services, mentorship, mental health/counseling services, and medical services. Our program will ensure the youth are taught life skills that will prepare them for a successful adulthood.