Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services

Hours: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday.

Ability Connection Oklahoma is a non-profit organization serving children and adults with disabilities, statewide. Their mission is to...Advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with cerebral palsy and other physical disabilities.

The Alzheimer's Association recruits and trains respite volunteers. After completing training, each volunteer is carefully matched with a Caregiving family. The volunteer spends 2-4 hours with the person with Alzheimer's or related dementia each week, while the caregiver takes a break.

Support Group: Early-onset and early stage Alzheimer's and related dementias for people under age 65 and their care partners. Group meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. [email protected]. Office Hours: 9 am - 5 pm Mon. thru Fri.

The Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer's care, support and research.

Hours: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

The moving force behind the work of the American Diabetes Association is a network of more than 565,000 volunteers, a membership of more than 540,000 people with diabetes, their families and caregivers, a professional society of nearly 20,000 health care professionals, as well as more than 400 staff members.

For local information and events.

The American Lung Association today fights lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health.

This chapter offers various programs and services to help people with arthritis cope with their disease. Some of the things they offer include exercise programs, educational programs and support groups. They also sponsor special events throughout the year to raise money and to raise awareness of this disease in the hopes of one day finding a cure. Contact the chapter for specific events, programs or support meetings in your town or go to their website "Programs and Services" section for times, dates and places.

CDC is dedicated to protecting health & promoting quality of life through prevention and control of disease, injury, and disability.

Text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States, anytime.

The Eldercare Locator is a public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging connecting people to services for older adults and their families.

All complaints need to include the HMO name, the member's ID number, and a brief description of the problems that you have encountered.

The McCarty Center's mission is to provide a comprehensive program of rehabilitative care to Oklahoma's children with developmental disabilities, from birth to age 21.

Camp ClapHans is a residential summer camp for kids with disabilities ages 8 to 18 and is an outreach program of the McCarty Center. Call 405-307-2865 for more information.

A low cost, basic benefits plan, Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan B offers Oklahoma seniors peace of mind and confidence in supplemental coverage they can afford.

The National Resource Directory (NRD) is a resource website that connects wounded warriors, Service Members, Veterans, their families, and caregivers to programs and services that support them.

The Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP) was created and placed within the Oklahoma State Department of Health to emphasize the focus on prevention of child abuse.

Oklahoma ABLE Tech helps Oklahomans with disabilities with assistive technology.

Programs include:
Device demonstration
Device loan program
Device reutilization
Financial program
ICT Accessibility

Plus more services

Licensing
Licenses, applications, renewals, verification
(405) 962-1400

Investigation
Filing complaints, discipline action
(405) 962-1400, ext. 120

Support Services
Webpage questions, data processing, business office, requests for public information, accessibility compliance issues
(405) 962-1400

Executive
Board meetings, laws and rules, miscellaneous
Lyle Kelsey, Executive Director
(405) 962-1400, ext. 114

The Oklahoma State Department of Health, through its system of local health services delivery, is ultimately responsible for protecting and improving the public's health status through strategies that focus on preventing disease. Four major service branches, Community Health Services, Family Health Services, Disease and Prevention Services and Protective Health Services, provide technical support and administrative guidance to 70 county health departments.

• Community Health provides oversight and supervision to the various county health department across the state. Follow this link to Health Department's Community Health map of offices webpage.
• Family Health Services protects and promotes the health of Oklahoma's women, children and families by assessing health status, establishing evidence-based priorities and providing leadership to assure the availability of individual, family and population-based services. Programs include:
  Office of Child Abuse Prevention 405-426-8041,
  Children First Program - ,
  Child Guidance Service (405) 271-4477 ,
  Dental Health Service (405) 426-8460,
  Maternal and Child Health Service - 405-426-8113,
  Screening Services 580-726-3316,
  SonnerStart ,
  WIC (405) 426-8500,
• Disease and Prevention Services monitors infectious diseases and illness and provides information. The areas of service include:
  Acute Disease (405) 426-8710,
  Chronic Disease, (405) 426-8300,
  HIV/STD 405-426-8400,
  Immunization ,
  Injury Prevention (405) 426-8440,
  Terrorism Preparedness and Response Service
  Tobacco Use Prevention Service (918) 775-6201,
  Public Health Laboratory
• Protective Health Services provide regulatory oversight of the state's health care delivery service through a system of inspection, licensure and/or certification; several other trades and professions are also licensed. Services include:
  Long Term Care
  Medical Facilities Service - 405-426-8470 and
  Consumer Health Service (405) 426-8250

The mission of the Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Inc. is to protect, promote and expand the rights of people with disabilities.