State-Funded Community Integrated Employment services are provided to individuals with intellectual disabilities sixteen years of age or older who are not eligible to participate in waiver-funded vocational services.
Service Information
This program promotes independence through paid work and training activities in the community.
Services include assessment, individual and group job placement training and ongoing supports by a certified job coach in a community business.
Applications for CIE services should be directed to the provider agencies who contract with Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS).
Please contact the Employment Programs Officer in your respective area:
Area 1 (Serving Oklahoma City Metro area and west of I-35):
Gwen Ferguson - 405-982-3223
Area 2 (Tulsa and east of I-35):
Jennifer Upshaw - (918)691-4558
Area 3 (south of I-40; or I-240 in the metro):
Debbie Sims - (405) 982-2473
- Applicant’s birth certificate
Psychological Evaluation (if available)
Individualized Education Plan – IEP (if applicable)
