Disability Agency Director Reopens Employment Services To Hundreds Of Oklahomans With Disabilities
Hundreds
of job-seeking Oklahomans with disabilities began receiving vocational
rehabilitation and employment assistance when Department of
Rehabilitation Services (DRS) Director Mike O’Brien, Ed.D., reopened services on
May 18 to those on a waiting list since Jan. 2007.
The agency’s efforts to control expenditures provided the funding required to
open the waiting list. However, $7.6 million in one-time stimulus funding
through the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” is expected to keep
services open for all eligible Oklahomans for the next 12-15 months.
-Read more about the opening of services and the federal stimulus funding.
Seniors of the Oklahoma School for the Blind Graduate May 20th
The Oklahoma School for the Blind (OSB) proudly announces that
the graduating class of 2009 celebrated commencement at noon on
Wednesday, May 20th, in the OSB auditorium, 3300 Gibson Street,
Muskogee, Oklahoma.
This year’s graduating class includes Jennifer Lee Anderson, Jordan Rae
Martin, Sasha Nicole Perdue, LaQuana LaShai Sango and Bobby Allen
Stones.
-Read more about the OSB graduating class.
Seniors of the Oklahoma School for the Deaf Graduate May 29th
The
Oklahoma School for the Deaf (OSD) will celebrate commencement for the
graduating class of 2009 at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 29th, in the OSD
auditorium, 1100 East Oklahoma Street in Sulphur, Oklahoma.
This year’s graduating class includes: Michael Travis Barnhart of
Sulphur; Alyssa Diana Eaves, Whitle’ Ann Jackson, Melvin Lenord McKee,
and Rebecca Leah Rosengren, all of Oklahoma City; Tiffiyon Alexzandria
Evans of Spencer; Johnathan Michael Gernon of Edmond; Daniel Crose
Hutton of Cyril; Cambria Shaylee Kennedy of Caney; Kailob Charles Miller
of Ardmore; Rebecca Elise Olivero and Cathleen Michelle Paradiso, both
of Lawton; Shelby Anne Orsburn, Brandon Dewayne Ruble, Casey Sullivan
Scully and Jasmine Nicole Williams, all of Tulsa; and Lindsey Rose
Wallace of Altus.
-Read more about the OSD graduating class.
The Public is Invited to Comment on Proposed Vocational Rehabilitation and Supported Employment Plan
Public Hearings will be hosted by Oklahoma Department of
Rehabilitation Services (DRS) and the Oklahoma Rehabilitation Council (ORC) on
May 18, 19 and 20 in Lawton, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Comments will be heard
regarding updates to the DRS State Plan for programs that focus on services for
Oklahomans with disabilities.
-Read more about the State Plan Public Hearings-