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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.
Houser was appointed as the first Oklahoma’s first statewide program coordinator of Protective Services for the Elderly, known today as Adult Protective Services (APS). After starting APS, she was asked to become head Oklahoma's new ombudsman initiative. building the group she led into one comprising 30 DHS employees and 250 volunteers ...
National Adult Protective Services Resource Center, 2012. "Adult Protective Services in 2012: Increasingly Vulnerable." Este, Stephen, 2007. "The Challenges of Accountability in the Human Services: Performance Management in the Adult Protective Services Program of Texas" (2007). Applied Research Projects. Texas State University Paper 250.
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 ...
Such is the case for Oklahoma-based Romaine Fantroy, who relies on a monthly benefit of $943 to make ends meet. But since October, she says, her Social Security checks have been drastically ...
In the United States, a mandated reporter is a person who is required by law to report to Child Protective Services (CPS) or Adult Protective Services if they know or suspect a child or vulnerable adult has been or is at risk of being abused or neglected or they may be subject to civil and criminal penalties for failing to report.
"In partnership with local mental health service providers, we can deliver public safety and professional mental health services at the same time." Oklahoma City's mental health initiatives.
The popular adult site Pornhub blocks states that require third-party age verification. As Oklahoma's law goes into effect, is the state affected