Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-606: Assistance payments

If an application for family support assistance pursuant to the

Oklahoma Family Support Act is approved by the Department of Human

Services and Developmental Disabilities Services Division:

1. A family support assistance payment shall be paid to the

parent or legal guardian on behalf of a family member and shall be

considered a benefit to the family member;

2. The family support assistance payment shall be used to meet

the special needs of the family associated with the family member.

Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Family Support Act,

this assistance payment is intended to complement, not to supplant,

public assistance or other social service benefits based on economic

need, available through governmental programs;

3. The amount of the family support assistance payment shall be

a maximum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) per month. Increases to

this amount shall be determined annually by legislative

appropriation. In addition, the parent or legal guardian of a

family member who is in an out-of-home placement at the time of

application may receive a one-time, lump-sum advance payment of

twice the monthly family support assistance amount for the purpose

of meeting the special needs of the family to prepare for the

placement or return of the family member to in-home care.

4. The parent or legal guardian who receives a family support

assistance payment shall report, in writing, at least the following

information to the Department:

a. not less than annually, a statement and any supporting

documentation requested by the Department that the

family support assistance payment was used to meet the

special needs of the family,

b. immediately, if the parent or legal guardian requests

termination of the family support assistance,

c. immediately, upon the occurrence of any event listed

in Section 7 of this act.