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Lawmakers promised to clear Oklahoma’s 13-year wait for disability services but a caregiver shortage means families still don’t have the help they need.

Gov. Stitt has decided to replace the head of the Dept. of Human Services, one of Oklahoma's largest state agencies, with Justin Brown, the CEO of a…

The unexpected closure of a well-regarded, highly rated child care center in Oklahoma City has put parents in an all-too-familiar, tough spot: scrambling…

State mental health commissioner Terri White has apologized to a judge who threatened to hold her in contempt-of-court because a mentally ill defendant…

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin will get some special help when she lights the state Christmas tree next month.A couple from Noble with five adopted sibling…

Mable Stone spent a decade providing direct care at Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid, taking care of people like Gary Wilkinson.Wilkinson died a…

The deaths of 17 developmentally disabled people transferring or already transferred out of two large state-run institutions are raising questions about…

The director of Oklahoma's Department of Human Services is asking lawmakers to appropriate almost $33 million in state tax dollars to operate the agency…

Oklahoma's Department of Human Services says it's firing two employees over their mishandling of a case involving a disabled 15-year-old boy who died of…

A woman who says her special needs brother died from abuse is calling for an investigation into Oklahoma's child welfare services.Valerie Wood-Harber…