The Developmental Disabilities Services Division enables Oklahomans with developmental disabilities to lead healthy, independent and productive lives. The division works with private provider agencies to offer residential, vocational and other support services. Funded through Medicaid Home-and Community-Based Waivers and state funds, individualized services meet each person's needs. These services include supported and assisted living; foster care; adult companion; group homes; family support assistance; employment; family counseling; architectural modifications; habilitation training specialists; homemaker services; medical care and occupational, physical and speech therapies.
Programs within DDSD include:
Community-Based Residential Care
Community-Based Residential Care programs provide care and treatment for youth in the custody of OKDHS whose treatment needs can no longer be met in their own home, a relative's home or in traditional foster family care, but who do not require residential psychiatric treatment.
Family Support Assistance Payments
Families rearing children ages 18 and under with developmental disabilities may receive $250 to $400 per month based on the number of children with developmental disabilities in the home.
Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Waiver
Through four waiver programs, people eligible for Medicaid can receive a variety of medical, therapeutic and residential support services in their own home, the home of their family or in a group home. The waiver programs include the In-Home Supports Waivers for children and for adults, the Community Waiver and the Homeward Bound Waiver.
Resource Centers
OKDHS operates Northern Oklahoma Resource Center in Enid (NORCE), the Southern Oklahoma Resource Center (SORC) in Pauls Valley and the Robert M. Greer Center, a specialized facility for persons with co-occurring conditions of mental retardation and mental illness. The public residential facilities provide a full array of medical, therapeutic and vocational services to residents, as well as round-the-clock care.
State Funded Initiatives
OKDHS offers state-funded programs for persons who are not eligible for Medicaid, including group homes, sheltered workshops and community integrated employment services.