Notes
DHS / DDS Waiting List Meeting
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Thursday – December 10, 2015
1:30 PM
Date of Application: February 2006
Attendees: 18
Represented in attendance:
8 – Parent or Family Member
4 – Self-Advocate (person with a disability)
1 – DHS/DDS
1 – OHCA (Health Care Authority)
2 – News Media
Representing those on the Waiting List – 9
First Time Attendees – 8
Locations represented Stillwater, Norman, Jenks, Owasso, Sand Springs, Oklahoma City, Collinsville
Community agencies, programs or organizations represented: Center for Learning and Leadership/OK UCEDD, Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Sooner SUCCESS, Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council
Attendees were answered: For those waiting or those working with families who are waiting, name one thing of great importance the person needs right now? Or what is the person waiting for?
| Immediate Need | Future Need | |
| Access to therapy | What if something happens to us? What happens to our child? | |
| Options for employment (more state funded employment slots | Who will care for them? | |
| Diapers/Incontinence supplies | Establish Special Needs Trust, finding staff | |
| Prescription medication over the Medicaid limit | ||
| Adult care for working parents | ||
| Care for my child when I need it (respite) | ||
| Financial support | ||
| In home help for adult w/DD (adult who is larger than parent and hurts himself and others) | ||
| Few Hours of care/Companionship per week so I can run errands | ||
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Next Meeting – Oklahoma City
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Sequoyah Building – Capitol Complex
Room C-47 (Basement)
1:30 pm