A RESONANCE TIMELINE
1977 Founded as a volunteer-based nonprofit organization by Eleanor Hill to offer women support services including free listening sessions, on-going support groups and educational workshops
1991 Completed a $950,000 capital campaign and moved into a remodeled estate home at 1608 South Elwood
1993 Eleanor Hill retired and Penny Painter named as executive director; Continued growth expansion with addition of Career Center, a multi-level career assessment program
1995 Debuted Tulsa Parenting Partnership under Painte's direction, marking the first of many "partnership programs" Resonance would build in collaboration with various private and governmental agencies
1996 Introduced Girls Unlimited program to community in a proactive effort to reach the women of tomorrow
1998 Collaborated with YWCA of Tulsa’s Women’s Resource Center and Goodwill Industries of Tulsa, Inc. to introduce TulsaWORKS to provide assistance to families who wish to move off public assistance
2001 Signed joint venture agreement with YWCA of Tulsa to provide in collaboration with its Women’s Resource Center several women’s services programs such as counseling, support groups, workshops and career counseling
2001-02 Expanded joint venture outreach by collaborating with Mental Health Association in Tulsa and other local agencies to launch the Legal Outreach and Coordination and JobsNOW! programs
2002 Launched FOCUS (Female Offenders Committed to Ultimate Success) program in partnership with Tulsa County Judges and the Oklahoma Community Sentencing Council
2003 Successfully completed Tulsa Community Foundation endowment challenge campaign.
2004 Amicably ended joint venture agreement with YWCA of Tulsa; absorbed Going to Bat for Tulsa Kids!, the award-winning, school-based mentorship program pairing adult role models with students at Tulsa Public School (TPS) sites.
2005 Received CARF accreditation as a certified drug and alcohol rehabilitation center; launched FORCE (Female Offenders Recovering Conquering and Educating), an advisory board of former Resonance program participants.
2006 Partnered with Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa to form TYIP (Tulsa Youth Intervention Project), a mentoring program that offers a comprehensive community response to the youth gang problem.
2007 Resonance house chosen as 2008 Designer Showcase house; CERTIRestore™ powered by Resonance opens; Resonance celebrates its 30th Anniversary with PearlFest .
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2008 Received three year CARF accreditation; launched job and career services program; Girls Unlimited become a scholarship-only program.
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2009 Penny Painter resigned and Pamela Richardson became Resonance's third executive director; Kaiser Family Foundation sponsored a year-long sustainability consultation.
Resonance's History
Eleanor Hill founded Resonance in 1977 as a volunteer-based nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a support system for women facing life’s challenges. Having been suddenly widowed when her husband was overseas, Eleanor knew from personal experience the desperate
need women have for a support system when facing the challenges of life. She established Resonance in a house on the grounds of St. John’s
Episcopal Church, and along with a group of volunteers, began offering services that included free listening sessions, on-going support groups and educational workshops.
Today, Resonance has evolved to meet the ever-changing needs of the Tulsa community and is a dually accredited, gender specific, outpatient drug and alcohol treatment facility. We are working to change Oklahoma's unsettling distinction of having the highest per-capita female incarceration rate in the world. Through programs like Job and Career Counseling, and partnerships with agencies such as Drug Court, we are doing our best to create a brighter future for our clients, our community, and our state.
Today, Resonance has evolved to meet the ever-changing needs of the Tulsa community and is a dually accredited, gender specific, outpatient drug and alcohol treatment facility. We are working to change Oklahoma's unsettling distinction of having the highest per-capita female incarceration rate in the world. Through programs like Job and Career Counseling, and partnerships with agencies such as Drug Court, we are doing our best to create a brighter future for our clients, our community, and our state.
How Many Persons Resonance Serves
In 2009, Resonance served an unduplicted total of 898 women through our various programs and services. Thirty-four women graduated Drug Court through our treatment programs and over 680 were served by TANF, case management, Community Counseling, and other Resonance services.
Accreditation
Resonance carries dual certification as a rehabilitation facility from Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) and a three-year accreditation from Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Resonance is partially funded through contracts with ODMHSAS.