Hope Community Services Inc. - Wellness and Recovery

Message from HOPE’s CEO Heather Helberg, LPC

2023 was a banner year for Hope Community Services. It marks our first full year as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic. We were able to leverage our focus on whole person care to innovate with Community partners and really meet clients’ needs at the epicenter of the mental health and substance use crisis in Oklahoma City. We opened Hope Hall at 8125 S Walker that now houses our Children and Youth program, Community Living programs, Intensive Outpatient Services, Urgent Recovery Center, and Mobile Crisis Team. Our Urgent Recovery Center and Mobile Crisis teams saw 24/7 access grow to meet double the needs in 2023. In July, Hope joined forces with the Oklahoma City Fire Department and formed the Opioid Overdose Response team. This team offers medical follow up after the overdose and guides individuals toward treatment options that fit their needs. This team has made at least 400 community contacts and helped so many start th