Chapter 7: Information Sources
Section 3: Specific Disabilities – Information Sources
Subsection: Oklahoma Disability Organizations and Agencies
A New Leaf, Inc.
A New Leaf's mission is a nonprofit organization on a mission to provide individuals with developmental disabilities (including those with Autism Spectrum Disorder) with vocational and residential services to increase their independence and individual choices.
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Ability Connection Oklahoma - OKC
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[email protected]Local resources available. Based on financial need, Ability Connection provides help for purchase of adaptive devices and medical equipment including wheelchairs and mobility aids, adapted toys, computer related assistive technology, environmental controls and other items. Training, information and help locating other funding sources may also be provided.
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Ability Connection Oklahoma - Tulsa
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[email protected]Based on financial need, Ability Connection provides help for purchase of adaptive devices and medical equipment including wheelchairs and mobility aids, adapted toys, computer related assistive technology, environmental controls and other items. Training, information and help locating other funding sources may also be provided.
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Ability Resources, Inc.
Ability Resources’ mission is to assist people with disabilities in attaining and maintaining their personal independence through advocacy, education and service. One way this can be achieved is in the creation of an environment in which people with disabilities can exercise their rights to control and direct their own lives.
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American Diabetes Association - Tulsa
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American Parkinson's Disease Association Information and Referral Center
The Center provides free educational materials on Parkinson's Disease and information on support groups, caregiver groups, health services and community resources. The Center helps start new support groups, provides speakers on Parkinson's, publishes a newsletter, and has a lending library of videos and materials on Parkinson's Disease.
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Apache Tribe Vocational Rehabilitation
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[email protected]Counties Served: Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman
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Area Agency on Aging - Areawide Aging Agency, Inc. (Central Oklahoma)
Survival Kit for Seniors" - a directory of Central Oklahoma services useful to older adults, their families and caregivers
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Arthritis Foundation - Eastern Oklahoma Chapter
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.
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Arthritis Foundation - Oklahoma Chapter
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.
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Big Five Community Services
Big Five Community Services, Inc. is a 501(c)3 private, non-profit Oklahoma corporation operating as a Community Action Agency. Big Five is governed by a 15 member Tripartite Board of Directors with daily operations directed by Executive Staff.
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Brain Injury Association of Oklahoma
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[email protected]Brain Injury Association of Oklahoma is a private, not-for-profit corporation serving persons with traumatic/acquired brain injuries (TBI/ABI), their families, professionals and the community. This Association is a state chapter affiliate of the national Brain Injury Association, Inc.
The Brain Injury Association of Oklahoma does not support, endorse or recommend any method, treatment, or program for brain injury. They only try to inform you, believing you have the right to know what is available. No endorsement is intended or implied.
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Bridges Foundation
The mission of the Bridges Foundation is to enhance the quality of life for individuals with developmental disabilities, their families, and community through training, education, employment services and advocacy.
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Cameron University Disability Services
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[email protected]Provides accommodations for students with disabilities, a mentoring program, counseling, intervention to assist with student problems, awareness activities.
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Carl Albert Community Mental Health
Comprehensive mental health and substance abuse services. Inpatient, outpatient, day treatment, psychosocial clubhouse, emergency intervention. Counseling, screening, referral, community education, aftercare. Gate keeping evaluations, children's services, intensive case management, DUI assessments.
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Center of Family Love
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[email protected]The Center of Family Love's mission is to provide quality lifetime care to individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities.
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Central Oklahoma Camp and Conference Center
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[email protected]Monthly camps - Make Promises Happen (MPH) sponsors a variety of camps for children and adults with disabilities and medical conditions. Camp facilities are also used by other organizations sponsoring camps for children with specific disabilities.
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Cherokee Nation Vocational Rehabilitation
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[email protected]CNVR is not a scholarship program but is based on eligibility. If a person is determined eligible, CNVR is able to assist with the cost of training/re-training at universities, colleges, and technology centers to acquire the skills and education needed to become gainfully employed or retain gainful employment.
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Chickasha Opportunity Center
Services include assessment, training and transitional services leading to community job placement if the individual chooses.
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Child Study Center
Multi-disciplinary center specializing in evaluation of children with developmental and behavior problems. Behavior Clinic provides a behavior management program for children ages two to seven and their families. Other clinics include the Neuropsychology Clinic, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Clinic, Psychology Clinic, and A Better Chance, which serves infants and young children with prenatal exposure to alcohol and drugs.
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Choctaw Nation Vocational Rehabilitation
The Choctaw Nation Vocational Rehabilitation Program offers services that will assist American Indians with disabilities obtain their goal of gainful employment. This program is designed to provide services consistent with individual consumer’s strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice, so that they may prepare for and engage in gainful employment.
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Comanche County Memorial Hospital
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[email protected]As the regional referral center for Southwest Oklahoma, Comanche County Memorial Hospital offers rehabilitation patients the security of having medical diagnostic and therapeutic services readily available; to include 24-hour access to on-site physicians certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
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Community Action Project of Tulsa County (CAP)
Community Action Project (CAP)'s mission is to help families in economic need achieve self-sufficiency. They provide a variety of services to the low-income community. Some of the programs focus on advancing the education and school readiness of very young children (ages 0-5). Some focus on improving the financial circumstances and economic independence of families with young children. Others focus on ensuring that these children and families live in safe, secure, nurturing communities.
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Community Service Center
The Community Service Center (CSC), in Cleveland, Oklahoma is a regional, Oklahoma not-for-profit organization (501c3) that provides a host of services including a health and nutrition center, a community food bank, residential and vocational support programs for individuals with developmental disabilities, child abuse investigations for its local district attorney's office, a community service initiative for individuals that commit misdemeanor crimes, anger management classes and advocacy for senior adults, as well as abused and neglected children.
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Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
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[email protected]The Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa provides leadership to help the community work together to identify and address its health and human service needs. With a focus on prevention, the Council works to improve conditions which promote the highest quality of life for all residents, as well as to assure a high-quality, cost-effective, accessible, well-organized continuum of services which can assist people in need in a successful and caring way.
- Operates Tulsa 2-1-1 Helpline and on-line site www.211tulsa.org
which provides information, referral and crisis intervention for Eastern Oklahoma; - provides the Child Care Resource and Referral Service 918-834-2273 to help parents find child care;
- operates Babyline 918-894-1475 to link low-income women with low-cost prenatal care; and
- operates Planline 918-295-1222 for help in finding affordable birth control and other family planning services.
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D-Dent of Oklahoma City
D-DENT is a 501©(3) entity as determined by the Federal IRS and is registered with the State of Oklahoma as a non-profit organization available to tax-deductible donations.
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Daily Living Centers
The Daily Living Centers are an Adult Day Health Care program developed to be the perfect solution for caregivers who are searching for alternative care for their loved ones with special needs.
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3000 N Rockwell Ave
Bethany, OK 73008
PO Box 608
Bethany, OK 73008
Phone: 405-792-2401
Fax: 405-792-2405
1681 SW 86th St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73150
Phone: 405-688-5388
Fax: 405-688-5389
3413 Wynn Dr
Edmond, OK 73013
Phone: 405-471-6867
Fax: 405-471-6866
1225 N Kate
Oklahoma City, OK 73117
Phone: 405-702-8640
Fax: 405-702-8643
Dale Rogers Training Center
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[email protected]Dale Rogers Training is the oldest and largest provider of employment services in Oklahoma. DRTC is committed to assisting Oklahomans with disabilities to obtain and maintain employment through multiple contracts with the Department of Rehabilitation Services, Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS) of DHS and federal contracts through the AbilityOne program.
Supported Employment contract through DRS provides job coach support once employed for up to 6 months. Supported Employment options are also available through DDS for those who need longer-term supports.
DRTC has janitorial and food service jobs at federal contract locations – Tinker air force base, Mike Monroney Center (FAA) and the federal buildings downtown OKC. These are individual jobs that pay at federal wage determination rate and include health & welfare benefits. Job coaches welcome. No referral needed.
Persons with more significant support needs participate in the vocational services program where they have opportunity to engage in productivity based activities that include sorting, packaging, shrinking wrapping, and general hand assembly, etc.. They also produce acrylic awards and gifts, assemble custom frames and quality check and package promotional items. There are opportunities to learn hard skills in warehousing, screen printing, customer service and receptionist, most of which pay at or above minimum wage.
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Disabled American Veterans (DAV) of Oklahoma
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[email protected]Transportation in Lawton, OKC, Muskogee and Tulsa areas for veterans to medical appointments to a VA hospital or outpatient center. Counsels veterans and their families on benefits, helps vets file for disability and other benefits and serves as an advocate for veterans needing benefits or services. DAV nationally provides legislative advocacy and works to promote employment, health care and other opportunities for veterans with disabilities.
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Donna Nigh Foundation - OU Child Study Center
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[email protected]The Donna Nigh Foundation was established to serve as a bridge between the public and private sectors to help with programs that government agencies are unable to provide. They work closely with state agencies to provide a network of support. The foundation provides adaptive equipment that allows Oklahomans with developmental disabilities to push their boundaries and gain independence.
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Down Syndrome Association of Central Oklahoma
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[email protected]The Down Syndrome Association of Central Oklahoma, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit. The purpose of the organization is aligned with its mission which is “raise awareness and provide resources, as well as promote acceptance and inclusion for people with Down syndrome.”
The association’s programs include parent and educator workshops, new parent visitation and support, frequent parent to parent meetings, D.A.D.S group and an intern program for college students interested in working with children with disabilities. These programs are vital to communities because they educate a wide variety of individuals about the needs of children with Down syndrome.
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Down Syndrome Association of Tulsa
The Down Syndrome Association of Tulsa (DSAT) is a non-profit organization that exists to enhance the lives of individuals with Down syndrome, their families and communities.
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Dynamic Independence
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[email protected]Dynamic Independence is a non-profit organization serving individuals with disabilities and their families in Washington, Nowata, and Craig counties in Oklahoma.
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East Central University - Rehabilitation Counselor Training Program
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[email protected]The Masters Degree in Human Resources is designed to provide the student with the theory, knowledge, and skills necessary for employment in a variety of public and private settings. For more information contact Melissa Inglis at 580-559-5382 or [email protected].
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EMBARK
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[email protected]EMBARK provides a wide range of transportation services, including special services for older adults and persons with disabilities. An application process is required for all special services programs provided. Programs include:
- Plus: Public transportation within the service area for persons whose disability prevents them from using EMBARK’s fixed-route bus system. Lift-equipped vans operate weekdays and Saturdays. Call 405-235-7433. li>
- Link: Evening and Sunday public transportation van service for riders in the area bound approximately by Meridian, Bryant, NW 63 and SW 74. The flexible route service operates when city buses do not run. All vehicles are wheelchair accessible. Call 405-688-6552 for information or to schedule a ride.
- Share-A-Fare: provides a 40 percent discount on taxi fares for older adults and persons with disabilities who live in a participating area. Coupon books must be purchased in the city where the resident lives.
- Bus Fare Discounts: Bus fares and passes are half price for persons 60 and older, or doctor certified as disabled. Participants must show an EMBARK photo ID or Medicare card. Call 405-235-7433 today for personal trip planning.
- STEP - Shopping Shuttle: Is a donation based shuttle van service to designated grocery stores for persons 60 and older who live in the service area. Participants are picked up at their residence, senior citizen centers or Congregate Meal Site. Call 405-297-2583 to schedule a shopping trip.
- Congregate Meal Transportation: Persons 60 and older who live within the service area are provided round trip van service to a local nutrition site for morning activities and a noon meal. Call 405-297-2583 to schedule meal transportation.
- Helpline: A taxi service for emergency or medically related transportation for the homeless. It is coordinated through social service agencies and is underwritten by EMBARK and the City of Oklahoma City.
- RSVP - PROVIDE-A-RIDE: The Retired Senior Volunteer Provide-A-Ride program links senior volunteer drivers with low to moderate income seniors in need of transportation to medical appointments. Call 405-605-3106 to schedule a ride.
- Daily Living Center: Roundtrip, door-to-door transportation service for older adults and persons with disabilities to the Daily Living Center, an adult day care center. The center provides nutrition, nurse monitoring, therapeutic programs and physical and occupational therapy. Call 405-792-2401 to schedule a trip.
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EmployAbility, Inc.
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[email protected]AbilityWorks of Oklahoma Inc., formally ARC Thrift Shop is an organization that helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities find employment.
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Employment Resources, Inc. in Tulsa
ERI’s Mission is to empower people to live better and more productive lives by providing community employment and residential supports services that are customized to meet their needs.
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Epilepsy Association of Oklahoma
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[email protected]The Epilepsy Association of Oklahoma provides knowledge and information about the causes and treatments of epilepsy and the many different types of seizures; and provides information and guidance to those with epilepsy, their families and friends.
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Faith 7 Activity Center
F7 Work Activity Center is a non-profit 501c3 organization located in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The primary goals of this company are to provide social interaction for adult clients, facilitate their sense of accomplishment with appropriate work tasks and provide quality services for the clients.
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Francis Tuttle Technology Center - Project SEARCH
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[email protected]Project SEARCH is designed for students with significant disabilities to assist them with a plan to transition from school to employment through innovative workforce and career development. It is dedicated to workforce development which can benefit the individual, community, and workplace by offering on-site job skills training and support, career exploration in a variety of entry level positions, internships, interviewing and assessment practice, and job placement. It is not intended as training for the “easiest” jobs, but complex and systematic jobs matched to student skills and interests.
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Gatesway Foundation
Gatesway is a non-profit Oklahoma agency that encourages independence and provides opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to enable them to live and work in the community and improve their quality of life. Services include employment, residential and business.
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Golden Rule Industries of Muskogee, Inc.
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[email protected]Golden Rule Industries is an Oklahoma non-profit that supports the lives of people with disabilities as they seek meaningful work in our communities. The organization also operates three thrift stores in the Muskogee, Wagoner, and Tahlequah areas.
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Goodwill Industries of Southwestern Oklahoma and North Texas, Inc.
Services include Adult Day Service, Career Development Center, Goodwill Housing, Maximum Independent Scholarship Program, VITA (Free Tax Preparation), Workforce Development Center, Youth Services (For Youth With Disabilities).
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Goodwill Industries of Tulsa
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa, Inc. provides work opportunities, job training and support services for people with disabilities or other employment barriers.
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Great Plains Improvement Foundation
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[email protected]Great Plains Improvement Foundation, Inc., Community Action Agency, is a mission driven agency that is an advocate for the poor population of Comanche County. We focus on the needs of individuals and families in our service area and operate programs that assist families to achieve stability and self-sufficiency.
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Heartland Council of the Blind
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[email protected]The Heartland Council of the Blind (HCB) is a group of blind, visually impaired and sighted people from the Central Oklahoma area who come together to socialize, discuss issues related to visual impairment and advocate for a better life for the blind and visually impaired community in Central Oklahoma.
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Hedges Regional Speech & Hearing Center
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[email protected]Hedges Regional Speech & Hearing Center provides speech, language and hearing therapy. In working with community professionals, Hedges is committed to improving communication skills for those in need in NW Oklahoma.
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HELP Works, Inc.
Workshop providing employment to individuals with disabilities. Work contracts include cleaning, recycling, and a saddle cleaning shop.
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Home of Hope, Inc.
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[email protected]Home of Hope is a non-profit organization that exists to serve the developmentally disabled and their families.
Supported Employment: Community Integrated Employment and Vocational Waiver services provided under contract with DDSD. Employment supports are provided to persons with developmental and other severe disabilities. Sheltered Workshop: janitorial services, trash pickup, packaging, sorting.
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Hope Community Services
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[email protected]Community mental health center providing case management and outpatient psychological treatment for adults and children, psychosocial rehabilitation programs, community housing, a medication clinic, crisis intervention, transitional living programs and other services for individuals with mental health needs.
CARF accredited