Sooner SUCCESS

A collaboration between the Child Study Center, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Health and the Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council, Sooner SUCCESS seeks to assure that all children with and without disabilities have coordinated access to needed services.
The Sooner SUCCESS State Interagency Coordination Council has membership from families and many state departments. This group identifies current interagency coordination activities, challenges to effective interagency coordination, and builds capacity to address those challenges through policy and/or procedural adjustments. The Sooner SUCCESS Council meets monthly and also provides guidance to the project.
For more information, or to volunteer to serve on a county coalition within one of the service areas in this program, please contact Louis Worley, (405) 271-6824, ext. 45131, or e-mail at louis.worley@ouhsc.edu.

Serving Families of Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Who do we serve?
Families of Children and Youth, birth to 21 years of age, with one or more of the following:

• developmental delay or disability
• chronic health care needs
• abuse/neglect issues
• mental health needs.

based on ...
Healthy People 2010 Initiative

• families partner in decision-making
• easily accessed community-based services
• health care is provided through a Medical Home
• adequate public and/or private financing
• transitions to all aspects of adult life
• early screening, evaluation and diagnosis.

Purpose ...
Sooner SUCCESS can offer support for families who:

• need a break and would like information on whom to call
• would like help organizing your child’s medical, educational and other information
• would like to know what resources are available in your area
• would like to network with other parents and learn about children’s services and issues
• need services or equipment and you don’t know what to do
• would like more information on a specific disability or condition.

works through ...

• County Coordinators who work one-on-one with families
• County Coalitions that identify services that are currently available, and explore ways to bring additional services into communities
• Regional and State teams that identify the better way to coordinate services.

Contact Information
Child Study Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1100 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73117-1032
Louis Worley, (405) 271-6824, ext. 45131, or louis.worley@ouhsc.edu.