Programs and Services for Children/Youth Quick Links Programs and Services Adults Business and Employers Communities Employers Families Health and Medical Older Oklahomans Persons with Disabilities Children/Youth Adoption - Information about OKDHS Swift Adoption, which aims to find an adoptive family for every waiting child in state custody. Child Care - Search for quality child care near you or learn about subsidized child care benefits. Child Protective Services - Services that identify, treat and prevent child abuse and neglect. Child Support Services - Services designed to help children get the support they need, including locating the non-custodial parents' addresses and employers, establishing legal paternity, establishing child and medical support orders, enforcing support for married, separated or divorced parents and modifying support orders. Foster Care - Provides 24-hour-a-day substitute temporary care and supportive services in a home environment for children birth to 18 years of age in OKDHS custody. Independent Living - Focuses on transition of young people ages 16-21 from state custody to self-sufficiency and successful adult living. Permanency Planning - Services provided to children and their families who have become involved in the juvenile court system due to child abuse and neglect. Post-Adoption Services - Helps secure and support a safe and permanent adoptive family for children with special needs. Refugee Assistance - Cash and medical assistance programs are available to eligible refugees for up to eight months after they arrive in the United States. SoonerStart - Oklahoma's early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays Supplemental Nutrition Assistance - Also known as the "nutrition safety net of the nation," these benefits help raise nutritional levels of low-income households. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) - provides temporary cash assistance in meeting basic needs, training leading to employment, employment services and child care assistance for qualified families Therapeutic Foster Care - Serves children aged 3-18 with special psychological, social, behavioral and emotional needs who thrive in a family setting, but whose require more intensive or therapeutic services than those found in traditional foster care.