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 Earlier this
month, the TSET Board of Directors voted to provide funds for senior nutrition
services at the Department of Human Services (DHS) and mobile mental health
crisis teams for children through the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS).
The Board of
Directors approved a total of $3.08 million in one-time funds to maintain
programs for the current fiscal year that impact senior citizens and children
in need of mental health services.
TSET’s $1.81
million grant to DHS will help maintain services to 189 senior nutrition meal
sites in 77 counties across Oklahoma. In addition, a one-time infusion of $1.27
million to ODMHSAS will support mobile crisis response teams that provide
behavioral health services to children in crisis across the state.
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 Congratulations to Sharon Howard, our Healthy Schools
Incentive Grant Program Manager, who was recently awarded the 2017 Oklahoma
Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (OAHPERD) Presidential Citation.
The Presidential Citation is given to an individual or
agency in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement of OAHPERD’s
programs and services. Candidates were selected by the president of the
Association.
Sharon serves as an adviser to the State Certified Healthy
Schools Committee and serves on the Oklahoma Health Improvement Plan (OHIP) health education committee. She has partnered with OAHPERD
to provide resources for national speakers especially in the areas of physical
activity and nutrition.
Sharon also has over 30 years of experience in hospital,
outpatient, and education settings. She is a registered nurse who previously
served as the health services coordinator for Norman Public Schools, the senior
nurse at Moore Public Schools, a telephone triage nurse at Children’s Hospital
and clinic manager for pediatric gastroenterology at Children’s Hospital.
Congratulations, Sharon!
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 For over 40 years, the Great American Smokeout (GASO) has
symbolized a new beginning for tobacco users around the country. On November 16,
smokers across Oklahoma were encouraged to quit tobacco for a day, or a
lifetime.
Last year, hundreds of Oklahomans utilized Oklahoma Tobacco
Helpline services during GASO. Each year, millions of Americans participate in
the event by putting down their cigarettes for at
least one day.
FREE services from the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline are available every day of the year. The Helpline
provides smokers with 24/7 tools and support to quit tobacco their own way. That
includes free text and email support, phone and web coaching, patches, gum or
lozenges and more for registered participants.
Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) or visit OKhelpline.com to explore all the free services and resources available to Oklahomans. Connect with the Helpline through social media by liking the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline on Facebook or following @OKhelpline on Twitter and Instagram.
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It’s been more than a decade since a federal court found the
tobacco industry guilty of racketeering and fraud and ordered the nation’s
largest tobacco companies to pay for a series of ads admitting their efforts to
mislead the public about the dangers of smoking, dangers of secondhand smoke
and addictive nature of nicotine. After years of appeals, these companies began
publishing these corrective statements on Sunday, contradicting some of their
long-held positions on the dangers of tobacco use. Corrective statements will
be published in the Black Chronicle in Oklahoma, per a judge’s order, and will appear
on television weekly.
Read more about the tobacco industry’s corrective statements
on NewsOK.
 The Oklahoma Center for
Adult Stem Cell Research (OCASCR) is now accepting research and education
grant proposals through January 29. To view frequently asked questions and to
find contact information for additional questions about the application
process, click here.
With TSET funding,
OCASCR recruits trained stem cell biologists to Oklahoma, attracts local
investigators to the field, supports their research and educates the public. Fourteen
scientists received research grants from OCASCR between July 1, 2016 and June
30, 2017.
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