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Programs and Services for Persons with Disabilities
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Programs and Services
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Persons with Disabilities
- Adult Protective Services (APS) - Information about the program that investigates reports of abuse, neglect or exploitation of vulnerable adults, including persons with developmental disabilities.
- ADvantage Waiver - Provides Medicaid services to help people (including older Oklahomans and adults who have physical disability) stay at home instead of going to a nursing home. The program does not cover children or persons with mental retardation.
- 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.
- Developmental Disabilities Services - Provides services to persons ages 3 and older who have a primary diagnosis of mental retardation (IQ of 70 or below). The persons served may also have other developmental or physical disabilities in addition to mental retardation.
- Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) - Services that have an established schedule of exams to ensure the continued health of Medicaid eligible individuals up to age 21.
- Refugee Assistance - Cash and medical assistance programs are available to eligible refugees for up to eight months after they arrive in the United States.
- Resource Centers - Public residential facilities that provide a full array of medical, therapeutic and vocational services as well as around-the-clock care for residents.
- 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.
- Supplemental Security Income - Disabled Child Program (SSI-DCP) - Services that assist children from birth to age 18, who receive a Supplemental Security Income Disability Payment, in getting needed equipment and services. This includes adaptive equipment and specialty formula from birth to age 18 and diapers from age 4 to age 18.
- Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) - Program that allows children with physical or mental disabilities, who would not ordinarily be eligible for Supplemental Security Income benefits because of their parent's income or resources, to become eligible for Medicaid.
- 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
- Transportation - Provides funding for specialized public transportation services to the elderly and persons with disabilities. Grants are awarded in the form of vehicles to private, non-profit applicants in urban and rural areas.
- Utility Assistance - Get information about cash assistance to help low-income households to pay winter heating and summer cooling bill, and to provide help for families who have received utility cut-off notices.
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