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The Department of Human Services provides a number of assistance programs to help Oklahomans by administering federal programs for food benefits and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; and the state's child welfare, developmental disabilities, aging, adult protective, and child support systems; and child care assistance, licensing and monitoring.
Child protective services ... 49 U.S. states passed child-abuse reporting laws. ... The number of foster children in the state's care increased 24 percent to 32,474 ...
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In March 2006, the Oklahoma state legislature passed the Kelsey Smith-Briggs Child Protection Reform Act to reform the way courts and the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) handle cases related to child abuse and neglect. [10] The bill's co-author, Senator Harry Coates, presented the measure in committee.
Of Oklahoma City workers, 27% reported they couldn’t find affordable child care, 22% couldn’t access it because daycares were at capacity, and 86% reported their employers did not provide any ...
In 1982, Childhelp started the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline, 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453). The hotline, staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by professional crisis counselors has received over two million calls since its inception. The hotline receives calls from children at risk for abuse, parents or guardians looking for ...
The reports detailed the documented abuse, neglect, and preventable deaths among children, the aged, and those with mental illness who were in the care and custody of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. Producer Karen Burnes filming "Throwaway Kids" for ABC News 20/20 in Oklahoma, 1981.
Oklahoma authorities are now in the midst of an urgent search for a young girl after her mother confessed to having handed her over to a drug dealer in 2022. The woman, 39-year-old Moore resident ...