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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.
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority has the primary duty of executing SoonerCare, the Oklahoma version of Medicaid. SoonerCare is a health coverage program jointly funded by the United States federal government and the Oklahoma state government. The program provides payments to cover medical services to economically challenged individuals.
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 ...
In Oklahoma, SNAP is administered by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) and benefits are deposited following the same monthly schedule into SNAP accounts, which are linked to Access ...
An executive at Oklahoma’s juvenile affairs agency will now lead the Oklahoma Human Services department.. Jeffrey Cartmell was appointed as the next executive director of the human services ...
The Oklahoma Secretary of Health and Human Services is a member of the Oklahoma Governor's Cabinet. The Secretary is appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Oklahoma Senate, to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Secretary serves as the chief advisor to the Governor on public health and public assistance.
Planning and Coordinating Council for Services to Children and Youth; Office of Juvenile Systems Oversight; Group Homes/Developmentally Disabled or Physically Handicapped Persons; Interdisciplinary Council on the Prevention of Juvenile Sex Offenses; Oklahoma Department of Human Services. Commission for Human Services (governing body of department)
Former state Human Services Secretary Justin Brown in a 2022-23 said poverty is the single greatest contributor to the worst of Oklahoma’s outcomes.