Kevin Canfield

Tulsa World Reporter

Wednesday was a bad day for Oklahoma mental health service providers.

Local providers were not spared — an estimated $8 million in contracts with Tulsa-based organizations were cut by the state Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

The news came on the same day Mayor Monroe Nichols kicked off a second series of Community Conversations on the critical challenges facing the city.

The focus of Wednesday night’s meeting: public safety, alternative response programs and mental health services.

“Obviously, there was some news today that we'll talk about as far as funding cuts go,” Nichols said at the start of a panel discussion at OU-Tulsa. “But I think all of that is a good overlay for us here in this community, but the real recognit

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