Oklahoma Human Services said on Monday it was on track to end the 13-year Developmental Disability Services (DDS) waitlist within two years. DDS said it had 4,993 applicants, which were divided into ...

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. — People on a decade-long waitlist for disability services will be getting some long-awaited answers and it's all happening in Broken Arrow. The Oklahoma State Department of Human ...

TULSA, Okla. — Thousands of families in Oklahoma are receiving resources after the state-funded Developmental Disability Services reduced the waitlist from 13 years to just 2. The Landers family ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – After 13 years, the ...

This all comes after the state allocated funds in 2022 to address a backlog of over 5,000 applicants on the list. Additionally, the Legislature approved an additional $3 million in 2025 to process the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lori Wieder holds the hand of her son, Luke, on Monday during a news conference about the Developmental Disabilities Services wait ...

Oklahoma Human Services announced that the developmental disabilities services waitlist has gone from 13 years to just two years. This comes after the state legislature gave Oklahoma Human Services ...

TULSA, Okla. — Lori Wieder spends a lot of time at home taking care of her two kids, 21-year-old Luke and 19-year-old Emily, while her husband works to support their family. Both Luke and Emily have ...

Over 900 Oklahomans who have been waiting years for developmental disability support now have been connected with services as Oklahoma continues its push to become a "no-wait state" by next June.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Wait times have dropped from 13 to two years for people seeking developmental disabilities services from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

More than half a million Americans are on waiting lists to receive long-term care in their homes. Most people on these lists have intellectual and developmental disabilities and sometimes need help ...