Homelessness and Kids First Initiative

At a glance

• What: the Council's work on homelessness, housing instability and services for children and families, led through the Mayor's Kids First Initiative.
• Where it stands: a Special Council Meeting on 2026-09-22 was convened for the Kids First Action Forum, the Salvation Army and the MIGHT resource center reports; on 2026-10-13 the Council was asked to receive a community focus group's homelessness recommendations and fold them into the Kids First Steering Committee's work plan.
• Next: the Steering Committee work plan and related zoning changes for shelters.

Sources

• 2026-09-22, agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15248,plainText=false)
• 2026-10-13, agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15357,plainText=false)
• 2026-10-13, addendum agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15366,plainText=false)
• 2026-10-27, agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15433,plainText=false)

Log

2026-09-22 - City Council Special Meeting

• Special meeting agenda: reports from the Kids First Action Forum, the Salvation Army and the MIGHT Community Development and Resource Center; a Forum resolution urging the State to improve access to mental health and substance use treatment in Comanche County; a report on the number of registered offenders reported as having no fixed residence; and a report on the RISE Project.

2026-10-13 - City Council

• Business: receive the Community Focus Group's Homelessness Recommendations Report and direct its incorporation into the Kids First Steering Committee's Work Plan.

2026-10-27 - City Council

• Related zoning ordinance defining low-barrier and high-barrier shelters and transitional housing; see Shelter and Transitional Housing Zoning.