Okies Care

We are getting ready to circulate an initiative petition to add a one percent state sales tax.

The proceeds from that tax will be distributed monthly to Oklahoma Child Protective Service Workers as a stipend.

12/24/2025

Saint Nicholas Died

He lived in what is now called Turkey. He lived a remarkable life and saved young girls from a miserable fate. Then like now, some children were born into tremendous privilege, but others were born into poverty. Some families were so impoverished at the time of Saint Nicholas that they would sell their kids would be sold into prostitution. Saint Nicholas would give these girls gold for a dowery in order to save them from that miserable fate. Saint Nicholas died December 6th, 343 a.d.. It has been 1,682 years since Saint Nicholas died. You would think that we would have advanced to a point where all children are protected. We have not. Often there is no Sain Nicholas for children born into addiction, neglect and abuse. There is a shortage of workers to protect these kids. 2026 would be a great year to provide security for these kids. Okies Care wants to pass an initiative petition to add a 1% sales tax with the proceeds going to a monthly stipend for Child Protective Service Case Workers. This pay increase will reduce the shortage of workers and increase the quality of workers. We need you to volunteer to circulate a petition so that we can get this on the ballot. Saint Nicholas died, we need you to help make a difference for these kids. By Douglas Graham

10/15/2025

We have a new volunteer from Woods County.

10/09/2025

Entitled
It is a loaded and much talked about term. What are people entitled to? Thomas Jefferson believed there were entitlements when he added the following to the Declaration of Independence. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” People complain about Oklahoma’s children having a sense of entitlement. It is true that there are over indulged children in Oklahoma. The fact is that children do have certain things to which they are entitled. Every child is entitled to live in safety. They are entitled to have enough food and to be free from trauma. They should have a warm place to sleep in the winter. They are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Oklahoma’s abused children and foster children are not receiving the most basic things that they are entitled to. This is because there are not enough workers helping them. Okies Care wants to change that. We want a 1% sales tax increase with the proceeds going to a monthly stipend for Child Protective Service Case Workers. This will reduce the shortage while increasing the quality of case workers. We need volunteers to help us circulate this petition and get this cause on the ballot. Visit okiescare.com and become an Okie Warrior. By Douglas Graham

10/05/2025

We have a new volunteer from Kay County. Thanks for caring about these kids.

10/01/2025

It Is Everyone’s Problem

There is the greatest extent of responsibility when you take a child from their mother. There is a responsibility to nurture, protect and provide for that child. In Oklahoma, that responsibility is not being met with duty. There is a shortage of Child Protective Case Workers and that shortage is causing children to be killed, injured and traumatized. The problem has worsened decade after decade, and the house, senate and governor’s office have not fixed the problem. It is time for citizens to fix the problem. Recently there was a response to one of our posts which read, “Not my child. Not my problem”. This was hurtful because I knew a young girl named Patience Thorlton who should have been protected by the state but was not. She was found barely alive in a ditch in Osage County. She died. Even if you don’t value girls like Patience, you would have to comprehend the tremendous cost this problem produces in Oklahoma. Children die who would have paid taxes. Children who could have flourished and contributed to Oklahoma are stunted by trauma. There are young people in jail who with the most minimal care could have contributed. Incarceration is extremely expensive. Don’t be ignorant like the man mentioned above. This problem belongs to all of us. It affects all of us. We are advocating a 1% sales tax with the proceeds going to a monthly stipend to CPS Workers. This will reduce turnover. It will increase the number and quality of people applying to be CPS Workers. We need volunteers to circulate this petition. Please visit okiescare.com and become an Okie Warrior.

By Douglas Graham

09/16/2025

The story of Okies Care.

09/07/2025

We have new volunteers from Woods and Tulsa counties.

09/06/2025

Third World Oklahoma?
It is shocking when you visit third world countries. In public areas, you are sometimes thronged with impoverished kids who are begging. Sometimes we have the condescending thought of, “This would never happen back home.”. You think, “Every child is full and protected back home”. The reality is that every child isn’t full and protected. We hide their suffering but it is still there. There are children suffering in Oklahoma. Our DHS Child Protective Service is being overwhelmed by the aftereffects of addiction. The addiction epidemic has caused a surge of neglected and abused children. It has also caused a shortage of caseworkers. We as Oklahomans have a choice. We can become a third-world country and let these kids fend for themselves or we can take responsibility for these vulnerable children. Okies Care wants to pass a 1% sales tax with the proceeds going to a monthly stipend for CPS workers. This will help recruit more workers, reduce turnover and help with the quality of social workers. These kids need to be protected. We need volunteers. Signup and help us at okiescare.com
Douglas Graham

08/20/2025

Happiness Lost

At the core of American values is the “pursuit of happiness.” The text comes from the Declaration of Independence. The country’s founders believed that every human had rights given by their Creator. These rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The Declaration states that these rights are “inalienable.” They are fundamental. There is a marginalized group in Oklahoma who do not have these rights. I am not talking about the undocumented or the impoverished. These basic rights have been deprived of Oklahoma’s foster children. There is a shortage of Child Protective Case Workers in Oklahoma. Current case workers are working long hours and still not able to adequately care for Oklahoma’s foster children. The result is child death, child trauma and negative outcomes. This problem is fixable. If we raise the salary of Child Protective Service Caseworkers, it will reduce turnover and help recruit more and better case workers. This is a hard job and many times when given the opportunity, workers transfer to other state jobs. If we raise the salary, we can make a difference with this problem. This problem is fixable, but we need an army. We need volunteers to circulate a petition for a penny sales tax increase. The proceeds from this tax will go to a monthly stipend for CPS workers. We need you and your friends. Help us. Visit okiescare.com.

08/01/2025

We have new volunteers from Wagner, Tulsa and Cleveland Counties.

07/29/2025

We Need Help!

The problem. The problem is there aren’t enough child protective service workers. This is causing exhausted workers from working overtime. The crisis. Children are under-supervised and getting harmed while in the system. The solution. A penny sales tax with the proceeds going to a monthly stipend for Child Protective Service Case Workers. The result. This will reduce burnout. It will slow transfers to other state agencies. The better pay will help the quality of applicants. Our solution will reduce the shortage of case workers. We need your help. To get this on the ballot, we need 2000 volunteers to circulate an initiative petition. Children have died, been injured and traumatized. Can you help? okiescare.com

Douglas Graham

07/04/2025

Foster children have God given rights too. The signers of the Declaration of Independence would not understand how we treat children. Happy Fourth of July.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

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