Additional facts The Department requires background checks on every adult living in the home. The Department provides monthly reimbursement for children placed in family foster care. The monthly reimbursement is for child care-related expenses like food, clothing, recreation, transportation and housing cost. In extraordinary circumstances, special rates may be reimbursed to foster families who care for children with exceptional needs, as in the case of medical needs that require providing a child with specialized care, food, clothing or equipment. The Department is responsible for the child's medical, dental and counseling expenses within the scope of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority medical programs.
Many children qualify for an adoption subsidy.
Adoption subsidy is based on the needs of the child and the level of subsidy assistance is negotiated prior to finalization of the adoption. You pay no fee to foster or adopt a child. Children come into the care of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services due to abuse or neglect. Therefore, families who foster or adopt children through the agencyshould have an understanding or be willing to learn the dynamics of neglect, physical and sexual abuse. Many families are interested in both fostering and adopting.