DHS Watch

Oklahoma City father was nervous with baby, DHS report says 7 hr ago Two siblings whose 6-month-old sister died from shaken baby syndrome told Department of Human Services investigators the baby’s father had been learning how to hold her. Willis Joey Lambert...

Panel to review Oklahoma Department of Human Services' policy 8 hr ago | Add a comment The adoption policies of DHS need further review, the co-chairman of a legislative task force on adoption said Monday. Especially troubling is the dilemma adoptive parents face when the child they...

Critic defends class-action status in Oklahoma Department of Human Services lawsuit Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | Add a comment DENVER — A critic of Oklahoma’s foster child care system contends its reform will not be possible if an appeals court grants the state’s request to decertify a class-action...

Oklahoma Briefs Thu, Nov 19, 2009 Norman March snows set record The state Climate Extremes Committee recently declared that 26 inches of snow recorded by National Weather Service observing sites at Woodward and Freedom during the...

Oklahoma City middle school’s students collect food items for DHS Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment Students at Oklahoma City’s Belle Isle Enterprise Middle School completed their second annual canned food drive for the state Department of Human Services. The students increased their...

DHS offers buyouts to employees in Enid and Pauls Valley to cut budget Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment ENID, Okla. (AP) — The state Department of Human Services is offering voluntary buyouts to some employees at two facilities in an effort to balance its budget. DHS is offering the buyouts...

DHS funding cuts hurt Oklahoma's economy, official says Fri, Nov 13, 2009 | Add a comment A legislative panel was told Thursday that further cuts to the Department of Human Services could result in a downward spiral to the state’s economy. "If material cuts continue to have...

Oklahoma kids in DHS care face dangers, report finds Thu, Nov 12, 2009 | Add a comment TULSA — Treatment of children in Oklahoma’s child welfare system has been "incomprehensible, unimaginable, outrageous and immoral,” a child welfare expert stated Wednesday in...

Groups debate reasons Edmond nutrition site was closed Thu, Nov 12, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — As Edmond officials search for ways to bring back a senior nutrition meal program, the reason why the program was cut is being debated. Recently the state Department of Human...

Report: Treatment of kids in DHS care 'immoral' Wed, Nov 11, 2009 | Add a comment TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A child welfare expert says five foster children in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services were scalded in bath water, sexually molested, beaten with...