This website section explains the various hiring options for people with disabilities. Individuals seeking appointments with the federal government must be proactive and begin networking with local agencies, contacting listed resources, and aggressively seeking out all available federal employment opportunities. Agencies have direct hire authority for Schedule A appointments presented in this section.
Attn: FederalJobs.net Center
302 Scenic Court
Moon Township PA 15108
Voice: 912-757-3000, 912-744-2299 TDD
Subsidized Elderly Apartments
900 East Vandament Avenue
Yukon OK 73099
Voice: 405-350-6462
Email: abletech@okstate.edu
Oklahoma ABLE Tech helps Oklahomans with disabilities with assistive technology.
Programs include:
Device demonstration
Device loan program
Device reutilization
Financial program
ICT Accessibility
Plus more services
1514 W. Hall of Fame
Stillwater OK 74078
Voice: 405-744-9748
TTY: 800-257-1705 V/TTY
Toll Free: 800-257-1705
Disability Determination Division (DDD) determines if applicants are medically eligible under Social Security law for Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income payments. A team consisting of a physician or psychologist and disability examiner will consider all the facts in the case, using medical information from doctors, hospitals, clinics or other places where the client has been treated. You can apply for disability benefits by phone, by mail or by visiting any Social Security Administration office.
Voice: 405-419-2200
The Business Enterprise Program provides employment opportunities for people who are legally blind by assisting them in becoming Licensed Managers and establishing food service operations across the state.
Business Enterprise Program
3325 N. Lincoln Blvd
Oklahoma City OK 73105
Voice: 405-523-4800
Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides advocacy, information and referral, evaluation, guidance and counseling services, and training in alternative skills for daily living for individuals who are deaf-blind and their families. Tactile, vibratory and other equipment which assists people in communicating and receiving environmental information is available.
Individuals may be referred for deaf-blind services who are legally blind or have progressive visual disabilities that will result in legal blindness and severe to profound hearing loss or significant difficulties communicating in home or community settings. There are no age requirements for services; however, this program primarily serves adults.
Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired Deaf Blind Services
907 South Detroit Avenue, Suite 500
Tulsa OK 74120
Voice: 918-551-4900
Fax: 918-551-4935
The Older Blind Independent Living Program expands independent living services for people who are 55 years old or older and legally blind. Rehabilitation teachers located in Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired offices throughout the state provide one-on-one assistance to assist older people in adjusting to blindness and regaining or maintaining maximum independence and self-sufficiency.
2401 N.W. 23rd. Street, Suite 91 (Shepherd Mall)
Oklahoma City 73107-2431
907 S Detroit Ave, Suite 500
Tulsa, OK 74120
Voice: 918-551-4900 Tulsa, 405-522-3333 Oklahoma City
The Transition Program helps students with disabilities who are eligible for vocational rehabilitation services to prepare for employment and life after high school. Services available through Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired counselors assigned to each high school include:
- Vocational counseling and guidance assists teachers, parents and students in developing appropriate career goals.
- Vocational assessment and evaluation helps determine students' employment-related strengths.
- School Work study provides job readiness skills, work experience and high school credits.
- Work Adjustment Training is purchased from community-based facilities.
- On-the-Job Training is arranged in the community for students in the second semester of their senior year with permanent employment as a goal.
- Supported Employment helps students in the second semester of their senior year transition into permanent employment.
- Job Development and Placement specialists help students make job searches more successful.
Transition School-to-Work Program
3535 NW 58th Street, Suite 500
Oklahoma City OK 73112
Voice: 405-951-3488
Fax: 405-951-3529
The primary vocational rehabilitation services are counseling and guidance with job placement. However, other services may also be provided as needed for an individual to compensate for, correct or prevent disability-based barriers to employment. These services can include, but are not limited to:
- Physical or mental restoration;
- Vocational, college or other training;
- Assistive technology evaluations, equipment and training;
- Information on disability resources;
- Personal assistance services while receiving VR services;
- Transportation in connection with VR services being provided;
- Supported employment;
- Self-employment assistance; and
- Other services based on individual needs.
The services a person receives are determined by the person's Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE). This plan outlines a person's employment goal and the services that are needed to enable the person to achieve that goal. The IPE can be written by a VR client and counselor working together, or it can be written by the client according to guidelines the counselor will explain.
Eligibility: A person may be eligible for vocational rehabilitation services if he or she has a physical or mental disability that is a barrier to employment and requires VR services to prepare for, obtain, keep or return to work. There must be a chance the person can benefit by going to work.
Cost: Some services, such as medical examinations to determine if a person is eligible for vocational rehabilitation, counseling and job placement, are provided at no charge to the client. For some other services, a client may have to share in the cost, depending on his or her income and resources.
Applying for Vocational Rehabilitation services: Contact the nearest DRS office at 800-845-8476 or follow this link to find the office nearest you.
Voice: 405-951-3470
Toll Free: 800-845-8476
Vocational Rehabilitation Assistive Technology Specialists complete a variety of assessments based on the counselor's referral and the consumer's need. All assessments are focused on how the accommodation or assistive technology will assist the individual in overcoming obstacles that interfere with obtaining employment or keeping a job.
Assistive Technology Lab
3535 N.W. 58th St., Suite 500
Oklahoma City OK 73112
Voice: 405-951-3470
Toll Free: 800-845-8476
DRS services for those with hearing loss include a variety of programs and informational services. We provide services to individuals who are Deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, deaf-blind and those with speech impairments.
Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Tulsa
8740 E. 11th St., Ste. F
Tulsa OK 74112
Voice: 918-836-5556
Fax: 918-835-2358
The Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program is a voluntary employment program administered by the Social Security Administration. It offers beneficiaries with disabilities receiving Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income increased choices. With the Ticket program, client options include obtaining services and supports to attain self-supporting employment.
1500 Hoppe BLVD, Suite 2
Ada OK 74820
Voice: 405-777-3078
Toll Free: 866-882-4515
Fax: 580-421-9265
ODOT's Transit Programs section provides technical assistance for the development of rural public transportation systems and provides other services that promote public transportation in Oklahoma. The web site contains information on the major federal funding sources for public transportation, listings of public transit programs statewide, communities with taxi service and other items.
Link to Transit Programs Division: https://www.odot.org/transit/
Transit Programs Division
200 N.E. 21st St. Room 3D4
Oklahoma City OK 73105
Voice: 405-521-2584
Fax: 405-521-2533
The Office of Management and Enterprise Services is state government�??s backbone. Agencies turn to them for the finance, property, human resources and technology services they need to succeed. They�??re a trusted, credible partner providing the business expertise that makes Oklahoma government work.
2401 N. Lincoln Blvd.
Oklahoma City OK 73105
Voice: 405-521-2141
The Langston University Department of Rehabilitation Counseling and Disability Studies launched a service program called, Sembrando el Futuro or Planting the Future.
Planting the Future was created as a means by which migrant and seasonal farm workers with special needs might be able to develop skills that would lead to long-term
employment.
Specifically, Planting the Future assists its participants by connecting them to community resources essential to helping them become independent and productive employees. Through technical and financial collaborations with the Oklahoma
Department of Rehabilitation Services (ODRS) and other local agencies, the program provides participants with the skills assessments, technical assistance, job-readiness training, career counseling, job placement services, and follow-up support necessary to attain a lifestyle of self-sufficiency.
The program, which has offices on both Langston University?s Tulsa and Oklahoma City campuses, is available year-round, and provides written materials in both English and Spanish.
Voice: 405-530-7531 in Oklahoma City, 918-877-8100 in Tulsa
everal U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) agencies assist people with disabilities in seeking meaningful work and succeeding once on the job. DOL also advises employers on effective strategies for recruiting and retaining qualified people with disabilities, as well as educates federal agencies and federal contractors and sub-contractors about their obligations related to affirmative action and nondiscrimination in hiring.
200 Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington DC 20210
Toll Free: 866-487-2365