NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION INC
431 SW 11TH ST, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73109 www.nsookc.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION, INC., WAS FOUNDED IN 1920 AND INCORPORATED ON AUGUST 19, 1969 AS A FAITH-BASED NONPROFIT CORPORATION. ITS MISSION IS TRANSFORMING LIVES AND ENCOURAGING INDEPENDENCE THROUGH SAFE, HEALTHY HOMES, DENTAL CARE, AND NUTRITION.

4A: WIC - WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION'S WIC CLINIC IS THE LARGEST INDEPENDENT WIC CLINIC IN OKLAHOMA AND PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD VOUCHERS, HEALTH CARE REFERRALS AND NUTRITION/HEALTH INFORMATION TO LOW-INCOME PREGNANT, BREAST- FEEDING AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN AND THEIR INFANTS/CHILDREN UP TO AGE FIVE. THE NSO WIC CASELOAD IN 2020 WAS 63,000 AND OUR CLINIC SERVED AS A DIVERSION SITE, SERVING PEOPLE FROM 28 COUNTIES WHERE OTHER WIC CLINICS HAD SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF COVID. IN 2020, THE WIC CLINIC PROVIDED MORE THAN 7,000 MEALS TO CHILDREN THROUGH THE REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA'S SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM - THIS WAS AN INCREASE OF 250% OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

4B: HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: SINCE 1920, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION, INC. (NSO) HAS SERVED CENTRAL OKLAHOMA'S MOST MARGINALIZED NEIGHBORS - THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY, THE HOMELESS, THE UNINSURED/UNDERINSURED AND THOSE AT RISK FOR HOMELESSNESS AND HUNGER. THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY, NSO HAS FOCUSED ON THE DYNAMIC NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, INCUBATING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS THAT MEET EMERGING AND UNMET NEEDS. SEVERAL OF THOSE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE OKC FOOD BANK AND OTHERS, WERE FOUNDED AND NURTURED AT NSO BEFORE BECOMING INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. NSO LEADERS CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATE WITH OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS TO IDENTIFY GAPS AND ELIMINATE DUPLICATION OF EFFORT. TODAY, OUR SERVICE PRIORITIES INCLUDE HOUSING, NUTRITION AND HEALTH. IN 2020, NSO'S HOUSING PROGRAMS INCLUDED HOMELESS PREVENTION, EMERGENCY SHELTER, TRANSITIONAL LIVING AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS. POPULATIONS SERVED INCLUDE YOUNG MEN AGES 18-23; MOTHERS AND CHILDREN; AND CHRONICALLY HOMELESS ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. THE CAROLYN WILLIAMS CENTER SERVED HOMELESS YOUNG MEN AGES 18-23, MANY OF WHOM AGED OUT OF FOSTER CARE, BY PROVIDING A 24-MONTH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM. THE GOAL OF THE TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE, CLEAN HOME WHILE THE YOUNG MEN DEVELOP THE RESOURCES AND SKILLS NEEDED TO TRANSITION INTO A PERMANENT HOME. IN 2020, THIS PROGRAM SERVED 29 YOUNG MEN AND PROVIDED 950 HOURS OF CASE MANAGEMENT. NSO HAS TWO TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAMS FOR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN. AT MARTHA'S HOUSE, WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN HAVE A FURNISHED THREE-BEDROOM APARTMENT. AT GATEWOOD, MOTHERS WHO ARE PREGNANT OR HAVE A YOUNG CHILD HAVE A ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT. THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE, CLEAN HOME FOR UP TO 24 MONTHS, WHILE MOTHERS GAIN THE SKILLS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES IN PERMANENT HOUSING. IN 2020, THIS PROGRAM SERVED 49. THE PALO DURO PROGRAM OFFERS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO CHRONICALLY HOMELESS ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES. MANY OF THESE CLIENTS LIVED ON THE STREETS FOR YEARS BEFORE COMING TO NSO. OUR GOAL IS FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN THEIR PERMANENT HOUSING, STAY HEALTHY AND BE PART OF THE PALO DURO COMMUNITY. IN 2020, PALO DURO HOUSED 25 ADULTS. IN 2020, NSO HELPED 173 INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS AVOID THE CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS BY PROVIDING ONE-TIME RENTAL OR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE. ALL HOUSING PROGRAMS WORK TO HELP CLIENTS LIVE AS INDEPENDENTLY AS POSSIBLE.

4C: NSO DENTAL CLINIC: HISTORICALLY, OKLAHOMA HAS RANKED AT OR NEAR THE BOTTOM FOR ADULTS WHO HAVE APPROPRIATE ORAL HEALTH CARE. FOR 50 YEARS, NSO HAS OFFERED SERVICES THROUGH ITS LOW-COST DENTAL CLINIC. IN 2020, THE NSO CLINIC REMAINED OPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, CONTINUING TO OFFER SERVICES TO PATIENTS WHO HAD EMERGENCY ORAL CARE NEEDS AND PROVIDING 8,000 PROCEDURES, DESPITE A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE SAFELY. THE DENTAL STAFF FIELDED 17,000 PHONE CALLS AND THE OUTREACH PROGRAM PROVIDED EDUCATION AND REFERRALS TO MORE THAN 27,000.

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