Leadership
President, Founding Member
Joy Sloan, LCSW
Vice-Pres; Founding Member
Brent Black
Treasurer, Member
Heather G. Helberg, MS, LPC-S
Past President, Founding Member
Verna Foust, MS, LPC, LBP
Member
Adam Andreassen, PsyD
Founding Member
Bryan Blankenship, PhD
Member
Sally Kerr, MHR, LPC
NorthCare
Founding Member
Jessica Pfau
Executive Director
Jennifer McCollum, APR
Lobbyist
Margaret Erling
About Oklahoma’s Safety-Net Providers
Oklahoma’s safety net providers organize and deliver advanced mental health care and substance abuse treatment services to Oklahoma’s most vulnerable citizens including those who live at or below the poverty level. They serve in 47 of the state’s 77 counties. They are depicted below in sky blue. The counties in navy blue are covered by state-run facilities.
3,000 Employees
They employ more than 3,000 Oklahomans, many of whom are highly skilled with extensive training and/or advanced degrees. They include clinical psychologists, counseling psychologists, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, psychiatric registered nurses, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, mental health counselors, and more.
$96 Million Payroll
They provide great jobs for servant-minded Oklahomans who are called to work in the field of mental health and substance abuse treatment. The annual combined payroll of our provider-members is about $96 million.
Admired Nationwide
Oklahoma’s safety-net providers operate within a very sophisticated system that is often admired by other states. Our CEOs and Executive Directors, with nearly 400 years of experience in mental health, collectively, helped build this envied system with the help of many state partners including legislators.
Address
4400 N. Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Phone
(405) 352-0565