OKLAHOMA INTERVIEWING SERVICES INC
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Mission Statement
To provide statewide services for victims of and witnesses to child abuse and other crimes with a sensitive, compassionate response through skilled interviewing, referral to helping agencies, community outreach, and professional education.
About This Cause
Oklahoma Interviewing Services, Inc. (OIS) has been a nonprofit agency since March 2005. OIS provides statewide services for victims of and witnesses to child abuse and other crimes with a sensitive, compassionate response through skilled interviewing, referral to helping agencies, community outreach, and professional education. OIS provides interviews to child crime victims, ages 3-17, and adults with cognitive disabilities. OIS' forensic interviewers coordinate the state forensic interviewers’ peer review and provide mentoring and supervision to other interviewers. OIS also provides bilingual forensic interviewing and community outreach to all 77 counties in Oklahoma. OIS has provided hundreds of interviews to abused and neglected children all over the state of Oklahoma since 2005. It is our mission to be able to continue these services to any child, anywhere in the state, at no charge to the agencies requesting the service. Because of the restricted budgets of these agencies, they typically do not allow funds for forensic interviews, training or court testimony. Without OIS, many children, particularly in rural areas, would not have consistent access to sensitive, developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive interviews. Each year OIS has seen an increase in the number of requests for services.