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The Alliance of Mental Health Providers of Oklahoma represents the largest network of mental health providers in the state. We 📣 advocate for better mental health and substance abuse treatment.
August 31 is Overdose Awareness Day.
August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. In 2020, 1,002 Oklahomans lost their lives to overdose. Many overdose deaths can be prevented. The following nine members of the Alliance of Mental Health Providers of Oklahoma can help Oklahomans suffering with addiction and/or mental illness.
Providers are in 55 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties and they all accept Medicaid.
These safety net providers organize and deliver advanced mental health care and substance abuse treatment services to Oklahoma’s most vulnerable citizens. They serve in 55 of the state’s 77 counties and they all accept Medicaid. They are:
Creoks Health Services
Counseling and Recovery Services of Oklahoma
Family & Children’s Services
Grand Lake Mental Health Centers
Green Country Behavioral Health Services
Hope Community Services
Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers
Red Rock Behavioral Health Services
12 & 12 Addiction and Recovery Center
55 Counties
Adair | Atoka | Beckham | Blaine | Bryan | Caddo | Canadian | Carter | Cherokee | Cleveland | Coal | Comanche | Craig | Creek | Custer| Delaware | Garvin | Grady | Greer Haskell | Jackson | Johnston | Kay | Kingfisher | Latimer | Le Flore | Lincoln | Love | Marshall | Mayes | McClain | McIntosh | Murray | Muskogee | Noble | Nowata Okfuskee | Oklahoma | Okmulgee | Osage | Ottawa | Pawnee | Payne | Pittsburg Pontotoc | Pottawatomie | Roger Mills | Rogers | Seminole | Sequoyah | Stephens Tillman | Tulsa | Washington | Washita
State-Run Centers
If you’re located in one of the 20 counties where centers are run by the state, please call the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services at (800) 522-9054. Those counties are: Cimarron | Texas | Beaver | Harper | Woods | Alfalfa Grant | Ellis | Woodward | Major | Garfield | Dewey | Logan | Harmon | Cotton | Jefferson | Choctaw | Pushmataha | McCurtain | Hughes.
Some Oklahomans Between 19-64 Are Now Eligible for Medicaid
In 2020, Oklahomans voted to expand Medicaid eligibility to all legal Oklahoma citizens aged 19-64 with income below 138 percent of the Federal poverty level. Coverage began on July 1, 2021. There are no health questions on the application. Click here to learn more.
Prevent Overdose Deaths
REVERSE overdose to prevent death. Some overdoses deaths can be prevented by expanding access to and use of naloxone, a non-addictive, life-saving drug that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose when administered in time. Access to naloxone can be expanded through:
Standing orders at pharmacies
Distribution through local, community-based organizations
Access and use by law enforcement officials
Training for basic emergency medical service staff on how to administer the drug
CALL for help. Talking about overdose can help end overdose. Call the National Helpline. (800) 662-4357.
TAKE ACTION. Emergency departments can provide vital help for people who experience overdose.
BE AWARE. Nearly 40 percent of overdose deaths occur while a bystander is present. Naloxone access for bystanders can help save lives. Nearly 85 percent of overdose deaths involve illicitly manufactured fentanyls, heroin, cocaine, and/or methamphetamine.