The Oklahoma agency in charge of helping residents with disabilities find jobs recently received an injection of funding, and the new money has helped the agency to take thousands of Oklahomans off wait lists and find them new jobs.
As KFOR reports, the Department of Rehabilitation Services says that in the month of November alone, the agency was able to help employ over 3,400 residents who are blind, visually impaired or have physical or mental disabilities.
The boost in services came after the agency received over $11 million in state and federal money for the current fiscal year. The money was a welcome relief for the rehabilitation-services department after severe budget cuts in 2017 hobbled the agency.
Visual Services Administrator Tracy Brigham said her agency is “thrilled to begin serving so many people who have been waiting to go to work.”