General Info

The Oklahoma Department of Human Services provides services and opportunities for personal growth and independence. It offers services for adults, such as adoption assistance, child support, permanency planning, refugee and utility assistance. Its resource centers offer vocational services, dental services and therapeutic services, such as speech, occupational and physical therapies. It stores and distributes food from the Department of Agriculture to eligible recipients and administers school nutrition programs for the private schools and residential child care institutions in Oklahoma. It provides a central contact point for persons suffering from human immunodeficiency virus disease and their families to obtain information on a variety of health care and social services needs. It provides financial assistance to the aged, blind and disabled people.