Tim Stanley

Tulsa World Reporter

An organization partnering with the city to provide homeless services welcomed Tulsa's mayor for the first time Thursday for a closer look at how the operation works.

BeHeard is a Tulsa-based nonprofit that serves homeless people through mobile units offering showers, laundry, haircuts, clothing and hygiene supplies while also helping connect them to longer-term support.

The organization has begun assisting city officials in providing those services, along with daytime shelter and food, to homeless Tulsans in the downtown area.

BeHeard founder Evan Dougoud, who hosted Mayor Monroe Nichols on Thursday, said between 20 and 40 people are being brought in daily from downtown to its location at 7216 E. Admiral Place for showers and other services. The city

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