Carly Putnam joined OK Policy in 2013. As Policy Director, she supervises policy research and strategy. She previously worked as an OK Policy intern, and she was OK Policy's health care policy analyst through July 2020. She graduated from the University of Tulsa in 2013. As a student, she was a participant in the National Education for Women (N.E.W.) Leadership Institute and interned with Planned Parenthood. Carly is a graduate of the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits Nonprofit Management Certification; the Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council’s Partners in Policymaking; The Mine, a social entrepreneurship fellowship in Tulsa; and Leadership Tulsa Class 62. She currently serves on the boards of Restore Hope Ministries and The Arc of Oklahoma. In her free time, she enjoys reading, cooking, and doing battle with her hundred year-old house.
By: Carly Putnam
March 1, 2017 // Updated: April 7, 2017
HB 2342 would supply an urgently-needed supplemental appropriation to the state Department of Human Services (DHS) to fund in-home care for elderly Oklahomans and Oklahomans with significant disabilities. Without this appropriation, DHS will be unable to pay these providers after… Read more [More...]
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By: Carly Putnam
February 26, 2017 // Updated: February 25, 2017
What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In… Read more [More...]
By: Carly Putnam
February 24, 2017 // Updated: February 24, 2017
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By: Carly Putnam
February 23, 2017 // Updated: February 23, 2017
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By: Carly Putnam
February 14, 2017 // Updated: February 14, 2017
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By: Carly Putnam
February 12, 2017 // Updated: February 10, 2017
What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In… Read more [More...]
By: Carly Putnam
February 10, 2017 // Updated: February 10, 2017
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By: Carly Putnam
February 9, 2017 // Updated: February 9, 2017
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By: Carly Putnam
February 7, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
A fundamental part of the American social contract is that when times get tough, we help our friends and neighbors out. In Oklahoma, the biggest ways that we do this is through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food… Read more [More...]