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Homesick
Eight-year-old Elijah Muhammed’s letter, written while in DHS custody, sheds light on visitation policies.
By Nazarene Harris
Tags: State, Elijah Muhammed, Oklahoma County Jail, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, DHS, Foster care, visitation
Help needed
Oklahoma’s long-term care facilities are in need of surveyors and ombudsman volunteers.
By Ben Luschen
Tags: State, long-term care, nursing homes, Oklahoma State Department of Health, Mike Cook, Tom Bates, health surveyors, nursing, medicine, health care, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, long-term care ombudsman, ombudsman, ombudsman volunteer, William Whited
Chicken-Fried News: Picketing reasons
By Gazette staff
Tags: Chicken-Fried News, Chicken-Fried News, education, school funding, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Advocating respite
A new tactic by Waiting List Caucus is on track to bring relief to families waiting years for services.
By Laura Eastes
Tags: State, Leslie Osborn, respite waiver program, developmental disabilities, Waiting List Caucus, House Bill 2758, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, DHS, Developmental Disabilities Services, Wanda Felty, Erin Taylor, RoseAnn Duplan, Sheree Powell, Jon Echols, Developmental Disabilities Day
OICA and OK Foster Wishes are on a mission to spread holiday cheer to foster youth in the state and need the community’s help.
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Bob Moore Subaru, buy for less, christmas, Deb Shropshire, DHS, foster care, foster care system, foster children, joe dorman, OICA, OK Foster Wishes, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Oklahoma DHS, Oklahoma Employees Credit Union, Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy, uptown grocery
Chicken-Fried News: Inc’est la vie
Tags: Commentary, CFN, Chicken-Fried News, Duncan, Lee Hazelwood, marriage, Misty Velvet Dawn Spann, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Patricia Ann Spann, Superman
Without a state budget solution, funding cuts pose challenges for mental health consumers, their families and local agencies
Tags: State, budget cuts, Ericka Choate, Gov. Mary Fallin, Hope Community Services Inc., housing assistance, Jeanette Moore, medication, mental health, mental illness, Oklahoma Behavioral Health Association, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, revenue crisis, Save Our Services, Sharon Smith, taxes, therapy, wellness services
New child support services fee raises questions that parents want answered
Tags: State, child support, Child Support Services, DHS, Ed Lake, fees, Gov. Mary Fallin, Jeff Wagner, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Oklahoma legislature, Oraynab Jwayyed, Renee Mack-Mitchell, Rep. Jason Lowe, Rep. Tim Downing, revenue gap, Sen. AJ Griffin
Angels Foster Family Network provides support to youth, foster and biological parents to achieve success and change the system for the better.
Tags: Metro, Angles Foster Family Network, child welfare, children, DHS, edmond, foster care, HALO Project, Jennifer Abney, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, TRBI
Oklahoma House Democrats hold a budget hearing to prepare for a special session
Tags: Metro, Al Lindley, DHS, gross production tax, House Democrats, House of Representatives, Jacquelyn Parks, Metropolitan Better Living Center, Minority Leader Scott Inman, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, Oklahoma House Democrats, Oklahoma Supreme Court, Public Budget Hearing, Rep. Emily Virgin, Restoring Oklahoma Plan, revenue, scott inman, Senate Bill 845, severance tax, vehicle sales tax
Local nonprofit works to place foster children with permanent families
By Lea Terry
Tags: Education, A Place to Call Home, adoption, AKB, Americas Kids Belong, Brian Mavis, child welfare services, Colorado, Community, DHS, edmond, foster care, foster care system, foster children, Gov. Mary Fallin, I Belong, KFOR-TV, Lacey Lett, legally free foster children, Life.Church, Mary Fallin, My Small Wonders Childcare and Development Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Oklahoma Fosters, Oklahoma Heart Gallery, Oklahomas Kids Belong, Scott Werner, state custody, Tom Bates, Waiting Child Heart Gallery
Singer Cami Stinson and Vastye release a new song to follow up a star-studded September EP
By Tyler Talley
Tags: Music Reviews, Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma, acm@uco, Adam Ledbetter, adoption, Alberto Roubert, Bring Me a Home for Christmas, Bryce Zabric, Cami Stinson, foster care, foster children, horse thief, Jabee, L.G. Hamilton, Matt Stansberry, mitch bell, November, OK Foster Wishes, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, pop music, Raul Alfonso, The Music Group Studios, Vastye, ZHU
CarePortal meets needs of children in foster care
Tags: State, 111 Project, CarePortal, Chris Campbell, Council Road Baptist Church, CrossFirst Bank, Deb Shropshire, DHS, foster care, Life.Church, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Pauline E. Mayer Shelter, Pinnacle Plan, Terika Mackey, Tulsa County
Budget cuts further affect people with developmental disabilities
Tags: State, developmental disabilities, Developmental Disabilities Service Division, Judy Goodwin, Kayla White, Mark Beutler, Medicaid, Medicaid Personal Care Services, Oklahoma Community-Based Providers, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Wanda Felty
Oklahoma Department of Human Services hosts lecture on suicide prevention
By Alissa Lindsey
Tags: Metro, health, Mark Beutler, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Savannah Kalman, suicide, suicide prevention, Youth Suicide Prevention Council
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