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The Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) is an agency of the government of Oklahoma responsible for providing people with physical, mental and visual disabilities with the opportunity to obtain employment and independent living through counseling, job training and other individualized services. DRS helps bridge barriers to ...
Sep. 30—In celebration of October being Disability Employment Awareness Month, the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services gives information on how residents with disabilities can receive ...
Provides public health services relating to mental illness and substance abuse. Department of Rehabilitation Services: 1079: $136: Provides people with physical, mental and visual disabilities with counseling and job training Health Care Authority: 416: $4,600: Provides health insurance benefits for the state's "SoonerCare" (Oklahoma's Medicaid ...
In November 2012, Oklahoma voters amended the Oklahoma Constitution by passing State Question 756, which reorganized the agency. Prior to the amendment, the Department of Human Services was governed by a nine-member Commission on Human Services, whose members were appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma to serve fixed terms. The commission would ...
The department is led by the Secretary of Health and the Commissioner of Health. Oklahoma law requires the Commissioner of Health to have professional expertise as any of the following: 1) an actively licensed physician (MD/DO), 2) a doctoral-level degree holder in public health or public health administration, 3) a masters' degree holder with a minimum of five years experience in ...
It’s how the state invests taxpayer dollars during the time we have them in custody. Guest: Oklahoma Department of Corrections' primary goal should be rehabilitation Skip to main content
The Department is the sixth largest State agency by annual appropriations from the Oklahoma Legislature. [2] For fiscal year 2012, the Department received $183 million in appropriations from the Legislature, equivalent to 61% of the total budget. $59 million came from fees charged by the Department for its services, or 20% of its budget.
In 2012, Narconon Arrowhead was under investigation by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office, the Oklahoma State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, for the four deaths related to the facility since 2009. Narconon is recognized by the state because of CARF accreditation since 1992. [3] [4 ...