Business Services Program

Overview
Benefits
Courtesy Rules
Resources
Contact

Ready to Serve Your Business

Call us at 1-833-OKDRS4U
( 1-833-653-7748 )

Employers, business owners and supervisors, DRS Business Services Program can be a resource for your business:

We send you qualified job candidates
Our candidates are loyal employees, offering lower turnover
Tax credits may be available

The Business Services Program helps employers with their business needs and helps them find employees they can count on.

Entitlement to Taxpayer

Descriptive Transcript: Entitlement to Taxpayer

Graphic of the state of Oklahoma with pictures of people with disabilities working.

A female nurse walks into a patient's room.
(Anncr) More Oklahomans are getting off Social Security disability and going to work than ever before. They get help from DRS.
And taxpayers save more than $15 million dollars every year.

A businessman in a wheelchair talking with a woman in an office.

Businessman: "DRS helped me train and get paid for the work I do..."

Nulse: "...so I don't need a disability check anymore."

An instructor in a classroom: "And now I'm a taxpayer rather than someone on disability benefits."

(Anncr) If you get disability benefits and want to work, call the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services:
1-866-882-4515. Together, we make it happen.

Benefits to employers:

A wide variety of free training for your staff.
Tax incentives for hiring our candidates and making your workplace accessible.
Determine if the job and your business are a good fit with the potential employee with DRS’ On-the-Job Training.
Support for our candidates with follow up and accommodation needs.
Paid internships and paid work experience.
Increase revenues by having a workplace that reflects the customers served.
A loyal and skilled workforce with lower turnover that will reduce your costs.

Employing people with disabilities helps generate revenues by allowing you to tap into the disability market, build brand trust and loyalty, and create new products and services.

Courtesy Rules

When hiring people with disabilities it is good to know the “do’s” and “don’ts” of communication. Here is a simple introduction to understanding how to communicate with persons with the most common disabilities. We hope this information clears up misconceptions, encourages healthy relationships and promotes inclusion in your workplace.

Read Courtesy Rules for employers

Frequently Asked Questions

Read the most common answers to popular questions asked of the BSP staff.

Read the Frequently Asked Questions

CSAVR's Abilities in Abundance: Our Continued Commitment to Inclusive Employment

Video Transcript

Other Resources

United States Department of Labor Section 503 Focused Review

Whether or not you're a government contractor, this web page has a wealth of information regarding hiring people with disabilities.

Work Opportunity Tax Credit
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit is offered to employers who hire people from specified target groups. WOTC reduces a business’s federal tax liability, serving as an incentive to select job candidates with disabilities.

The Federal Bonding Program
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Federal Bonding program offers a proven and effective tool for workforce development staff to help both employers and at-risk job applicants at no cost.

Central Area

County Served	County Served	County Served
Canadian	Lincoln	Oklahoma
Cleveland	Logan	Pottawatomie
Hughes	Okfuskee	Seminole

BSP Liaison Merlyn Romero

Office: 405-522-7975
Mobile: 405-464-6032
Fax: 405-522-7980

email: mromero@okdrs.gov

Green Country (Eastern/Tulsa Area)

Counties Served	Counties Served	Counties Served
Adair	Muskogee	Sequoyah
Cherokee	Okmulgee	Tulsa
Creek	Osage	Wagoner
McIntosh	Pawnee

BSP Liaison Victoria Davila

Office: 918-551-4951
Mobile 918-600-5742
Fax: 918-551-4936

email: vdavila@okdrs.gov

Northeast Area

Counties Served	Counties Served	Counties Served
Craig	Nowata	Rogers
Delaware	Ottawa	Washington
Mayes

BSP Liaison Sumpa Akhter

Office: 918-551-4952
Mobile 918-313-9159
Fax: 918-551-4936

email: sumpa.akhter@okdrs.gov

South Central Area

County Served	County Served	County Served
Caddo	Grady	Stephens
Comanche	Jefferson	Tillman
Cotton	McClain

BSP Liaison Debra Leffler

Office: 580-585-4213
Mobile: 580-353-9876
Fax: 580-585-4234

Email: DLeffler@okdrs.gov

Southern Area

County Served	County Served	County Served
Atoka	Haskell	McCurtain
Bryan	Johnston	Murray
Carter	Latimer	Pittsburg
Choctaw	Leflore	Pontotoc
Coal	Love	Pushmataha
Garvin	Marshall

BSP Job Placement Specialist: Judith Lawler

Office: 405-522-7945
Mobile: 405-642-8646
Fax: 405-522-7980

Email: jlawler@okdrs.gov

Western Area

Counties Served A-G	Counties Served G-K	Counties Served M-W
Alfalfa	Grant	Major
Beaver	Harmon	Noble
Beckham	Harmon	Payne
Blaine	Harper	Roger Mills
Cimarron	Harper	Texas
Custer	Jackson	Washita
Dewey	Kay	Woods
Ellis	Kingfisher	Woodward
Garfield	Kiowa

BSP Liaison Christine Wishon

Office: 580-616-7901
Mobile: 580-748-0171
Fax: 580-616-7928

Email: Cwishon@okdrs.gov