By the Numbers...

493*
Program graduates
Since 2014 when the Children's Program was brought to Oklahoma, 493 children & teens have graduated from the intensive program.
*updated 4.6.23
*updated 4.6.23

100%
Learned addiction is not their fault
100% of children who graduated from the Children's Program in 2022 learned addiction is a disease and they did not cause it.

$24,623,907
in savings for the state of OK
According to the CDC, recovery from child maltreatment for even one-in-four graduates means a $210,012 saved in lifetime costs per child.

85%
Gained coping skills
85% of children who graduated from the Children's Program in 2020-2021 improved their ability to manage stressors and challenges.

Who We Are
One-in-four US children is growing up in a family with drug or alcohol addiction. As a result of genetics and their experiences, they are eight times more likely to struggle with addiction themselves.
Peaceful Family Oklahoma is a nonprofit agency founded to break the cycle of addiction in families. This starts one child and family at a time.
Children are often hurt most by this disease, yet treatment programs are usually designed exclusively for the adult.
Peaceful Family Oklahoma was founded to help the children of addiction and is the only organization in Oklahoma focused solely on helping children of parents with addiction heal. Using proven strategies that help children to play their way to understanding and health, Peaceful Family Oklahoma has become a critical service for foster care, justice-involved individuals and grandparents raising grandkids. Peaceful Family Solutions is an affiliate of the National Association for Children of Addiction and partner organization of the Partnership to End Addiction.
Peaceful Family Oklahoma is a nonprofit agency founded to break the cycle of addiction in families. This starts one child and family at a time.
Children are often hurt most by this disease, yet treatment programs are usually designed exclusively for the adult.
Peaceful Family Oklahoma was founded to help the children of addiction and is the only organization in Oklahoma focused solely on helping children of parents with addiction heal. Using proven strategies that help children to play their way to understanding and health, Peaceful Family Oklahoma has become a critical service for foster care, justice-involved individuals and grandparents raising grandkids. Peaceful Family Solutions is an affiliate of the National Association for Children of Addiction and partner organization of the Partnership to End Addiction.

What We Do
Peaceful Family Oklahoma provides free child-centered programs to children ages 4-18 and their caregivers. We offer the only peer-to-peer program in Oklahoma specifically designed to help children affected by addiction in their families.
Children are introduced to treatment and recovery, while their grown-ups receive tools to become better caregivers and strengthen their relationship with their kids.
By creating a positive, safe and fun environment with other kids in their same situations, we provide a chance for children to just be "kids," not burdened by the adult worries and responsibilities they may have taken on at home.
Through activities like games, icebreakers, play and recreation, children learn key concepts such as:
Children are introduced to treatment and recovery, while their grown-ups receive tools to become better caregivers and strengthen their relationship with their kids.
By creating a positive, safe and fun environment with other kids in their same situations, we provide a chance for children to just be "kids," not burdened by the adult worries and responsibilities they may have taken on at home.
Through activities like games, icebreakers, play and recreation, children learn key concepts such as:
- their parent's addiction is a disease and is not their fault,
- all feelings are okay, and,
- a child's job is to be a kid.

What's Different
Most treatment programs focus on helping the person with the disease recover from addiction. Peaceful Family Oklahoma focuses on the CHILDREN impacted by the disease.
Peaceful Family Oklahoma builds upon children's strengths and deepens their resilience. Participating with peers helps kids realize:
Best of all, our programs are offered FREE of charge, with the generous support of our donors and sponsors.
Peaceful Family Oklahoma builds upon children's strengths and deepens their resilience. Participating with peers helps kids realize:
- they are not alone,
- it is not their fault, and,
- they are not to blame.
Best of all, our programs are offered FREE of charge, with the generous support of our donors and sponsors.