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The Oklahoma Department of Human Services is an agency of the government of Oklahoma.Under the supervision of the Oklahoma Secretary of Health and Human Services, Oklahoma Human Services is responsible for providing help to individuals and families in need through public assistance programs and managing services for seniors and people with disabilities.
Oklahoma Department of Human Services. Commission for Human Services (governing body of department) Developmental Disabilities Council; Governor’s Advisory Committee on Aging; Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives; Office of Public Guardian; Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services
Department of Human Services: 7300: $2,300: Provides help to individuals and families in need through public assistance programs and managing services for seniors and people with disabilities Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services: 2192: $311: Provides public health services relating to mental illness and substance abuse.
Oklahoma state law always for Cabinet Secretaries to serve concurrently as the head of a State agency in addition to their duties as a Cabinet Secretary. Historically, the Secretary of Human Services has also served as either the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. As of 2010, all Human Services Secretaries have served in ...
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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 ...
The Oklahoma City Council is non-partisan and its nine members are elected to four-year terms. Oklahoma City is divided into eight wards, and voters in each ward elect a council member to represent that ward. The mayor is the voting member who is elected by all voters of the city, and is the Chief Executive of the City and President of the Council.
The Department was established through the Mental Health Law of 1953, although publicly supported services to Oklahomans with mental illness date back to before statehood: the first facility in Oklahoma for the treatment of individuals with mental illness was established by the Cherokee Nation, called the Cherokee Home for the Insane, Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, it was built outside the city of ...