The OK Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Project (FESS) email list is an online forum hosted by the Community Action Project of Tulsa County(CAPTC), who uses the list to disseminate information and engage OK advocates in a dialogue on strategies to help women and families create a path from poverty to economic self-sufficiency. Visit http://www.sixstrategies.org/states/states.cfm to learn more about the OK FESS project.

Encouraged list subscribers are individuals and organizations who work locally in OK to help women and low-income families become economically self-sufficient through a several strategies including: accessing high-wage work (including nontraditional occupations for women); starting microenterprises and individual development accounts; participating in functional context education and higher education; and using the OK Self-Sufficiency Standard are encouraged to subscribe.


The OK FESS project is part of the national FESS project, which is a collaborative state organizing effort of Wider Opportunities for Women, the Ms. Foundation for Women, the Corporation for Enterprise Development and the National Economic Development and Law Center to provide resources and technical assistance to community-based advocates and states on human resource investment policies to help move families out of poverty. Visit http://www.sixstrategies.org to learn more about the FESS project, download helpful advocacy resources and locate other state projects.