| Organization |
Contact Information |
Description |
Grace Church
Grace-Ability Ministry |
www.gracetulsa.com
Outreach Department
9610 South Garnett
Broken Arrow, OK 74012
918-252-1611 |
Host church for the Caring for Your Loved One Seminar. Grace Church provides teaching that builds faith, gives hope, and prepares you for life. |
Ability Resources |
www.Ability-Resources.org
823 South Detroit, Suite 110
Tulsa, OK 74120
918-592-1235 |
Assist the elderly and disabled in attaining and maintaining their personal independence through advocacy, education, and service. A not-for-profit agency that does not charge for services. Provides peer counseling, skills training, advocacy, case mgt., nursing facility transition, and transportation. |
TARC/People First |
www.ddadvocacy.net
16 East 16th Street, Suite 405
Tulsa,OK 74119-4447
Phone: 918-582-8272
Toll Free (outside Tulsa) 800-688-8272 |
TARC is committed to ensuring a high quality of life for Oklahomans with developmental disabilities and their families through education, empowerment, support and advocacy. Services include volunteer guardians/advocates, family support, residency monitors, outreach and self-advocacy. |
Dept of Health Services
Recreation |
Steve.Pitts@OKDHS.org
Steve Pitts, 918-561-1326 |
Provide recreational opportunities for people with disabilities. |
OK Developmental Disability Council |
www.state.ok.us/~okddc
2401 NW 23rd Street, Suite 74
Oklahoma City, OK 73107
405-521-4984 or 1-800-836-4470 |
The Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council coordinates the efforts of state agencies and private organizations in Oklahoma in meeting the needs of Oklahomans with developmental disabilities and their families. |
Sooner Start |
www.okdhs.org....vices/dd/ss |
Sooner Start is Oklahoma's early intervention program designed to meet the needs of infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays.. |
Social Security Administration |
www.ssa.gov/d&s1
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Disability Insurance Program
1-800-772-1213 |
Federal programs that provide assistance to people with disabilities. Disability Insurance pays benefits if you worked long enough and paid Social Security taxes. Supplemental Security Income pays benefits based on financial need. |
Little Lighthouse |
www.littlelighthouse.org
5120 East 36th Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135
Telephone: (918) 664-6746 |
A Christian Developmental Center, serving young children with special needs age birth through six years, providing highly individualized educational and therapeutic services on a tuition-free basis. |
Happy Hands |
www.happyhands.org
Happy Hands Early Education Center, Inc.
5717 E. 32nd Street - Tulsa, OK 74135
(918) 665-1200 TDD/V/VP |
A Christian School for Children with Hearing Loss and Communicative Disorders from Birth to Age Six. |
Camp Barnabas |
www.campbarnabas.org
Rt. 2 Box 131
Purdy, MO 65734
417.886.9800 (Springfield office)
417.476.2565 (Camp office) |
Camp Barnabas is a non-denominational Christian summer camp where children with special needs experience an awesome, life-changing week of camp. |
Able-Tech |
www.ok.gov/abletech
1-800-257-1705
Milissa Gofourth milissa.gofourth@okstate.edu |
ABLE Tech provides assistive technology (AT) through a short term equipment loan program, AT demonstration centers, re-utilization of AT through the Oklahoma Equipment Connection and a low interest bank loan for AT. |
OK Assistive Technology Center |
www.theoatc.org
University of Oklahoma-Tulsa
Dept of Rehabilitation Sciences
College of Allied Health
4502 East 41st Street
Tulsa, OK 74135
(918) 660-3261; (918) 660-3279 |
Provides dissemination of information and referral sources, AT consultations and assessments, technical support and training, and AT short-term equipment loans. Also provides free online resources about AT and funding sources. |
Caregivers Needed |
www.caregiverneeded.com
919-673-4757
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A professional, well known, full-service Caregiver and Client Locator Service for individuals needing Home Care assistance for a loved one. We help families find Caregivers and Nurses for Live-in & Live-out, At-Home care throughout the United States. |