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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.
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Mental health programs and services. Oklahoma City offers several mental health programs and services, including hotlines, mobile response teams and alternatives to law enforcement interactions ...
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 ...
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If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1.800.799.SAFE (7233) or text START to 88788. Show comments ...
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 ...
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)