Recent "For The Children" Weekly Columns
Spring Break Doesn’t Slow Down Lawmaking – with an UPDATE
- by Joe Dorman
MARCH 14, 2023 – ADDENDUM TO “FOR THE CHILDREN”House Bill 1028 Fails on First House Vote On Tuesday, March 14, the House of Representatives unexpectedly took up House Bill 1028,
Remembrance and Advocacy at the State Capitol
- by Joe Dorman
March 6, 2023 “For the Children” Weekly Column by Joe Dorman, OICA CEO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child AdvocacyTelephone: (405) 833-1117Email: jdorman@oica.org OKLAHOMA CITY
Meals for Students Necessary for Academic Achievement
February 27, 2023 “For the Children” Weekly Column by Joe Dorman, OICA CEO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405)
“I’m Just a Bill…” Legislative Committees Begin Work
- by Joe Dorman
February 20, 2023 “For the Children” Weekly Column by Joe Dorman, OICA CEO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117 Email:
Children & Families Deserve Access to High Quality Legal Representation
- by Joe Dorman
February 13, 2023 “For the Children” Weekly Column by Joe Dorman, OICA CEO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117 Email:
Kid Governor® Inaugurated, Lawmakers Return to State Capitol
- by Joe Dorman
February 6, 2023 “For the Children” Weekly Column by Joe Dorman, OICA CEO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117 Email:
Recent News Releases
OICA Praises Shropshire Appointment to Lead Oklahoma Human Services
PHOTO CUTLINE Dr. Deborah Shropshire, M.D. (center), Gov. Kevin Stitt’s appointee to lead Oklahoma Human Services, speaks to assembled child advocates at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy’s 2019 Fall
Child Advocacy Organization Kicks Off 40th Anniversary by Releasing 2023 “Children’s Legislative Agenda”
December 5, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117 Email: jdorman@oica.org Peyton Stacy, Director of Policy & Grant Administration Telephone:
Enid Fifth Grader Mila O’Brien Elected Oklahoma’s Kid Governor®
OKLAHOMA CITY – Mila O’Brien, a fifth grader at Prairie View Elementary School in Enid, has been elected Oklahoma’s Kid Governor®. Results of the Kid Governor® election were announced by
Child Tax Credit Filing Period Closes Tuesday (Nov. 15)
November 14, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117 Email: jdorman@oica.org OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Institute
Nominations Open for Child Advocacy Fall Awards
August 17, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117 Email: jdorman@oica.org OKLAHOMA CITY – During its annual Fall Forum