The plan was enacted after a federal class-action lawsuit in 2012 revealed foster child abuse and overcrowded, understaffed emergency shelters.

A federal court has declared that Oklahoma Human Services is no longer subject to the oversight of child welfare monitors.

Oklahoma Human Services is seeking public comments about the federally-funded Energy Assistance program through a public comment meeting.

District 23 District Attorney Adam Panter accused the Oklahoma Department of Human Services of violating Oklahoma law by investigating child neglect and abuse cases on their own without notifying ...

Governor Kevin Stitt and Arnold Ventures today announced $10 million in new resources to fuel the Be A Neighbor initiative, ...

Haven, a 17-year-old from Oklahoma City, has been in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services since he was 12 years old and is living with four other children in a shelter ...

Justin Brown served as Oklahoma’s Cabinet Secretary of Human Services and Director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services from 2019 to 2023. In July 2023, Brown stepped away from state ...

In this edition of the "Hot Seat," political analyst Scott Mitchell and former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price discuss tobacco harm reduction in Oklahoma. Oklahoma has long grappled ...

Kevin Metcalf, director of the Oklahoma Human Trafficking Response Unit, visited with members of the South Oklahoma City Rotary in Jan 2025 about their collaboration with law enforcement, community ...