About Us
Our Vision
The WATVR is committed to providing Native Americans with disabilities, and the tribes we serve, vocational focused services to improve their quality of life. The WATVR will assist individuals to obtain gainful, meaningful employment, which will provide stability and enhance future generations.
Our Mission
This program is designed to provide vocational rehabilitation services, which include culturally relevant services, to American Indians with physical and mental disabilities who reside within our service area. These services shall be consistent with the eligible individuals’ strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests and informed choice, so that the individual may prepare for and engage in meaningful, gainful employment which promotes self-sufficiency.
Vocational Rehabilitation Program
About the Program
The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Vocational Rehabilitation Program assists American Indians with disabilities in finding employment opportunities. Examples of these services include Counseling/Guidance, Assistive Devices, Mental Restoration, Physical Restoration, Evaluations, and Vocational Training.
Counties Served: Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Grady, Kiowa and Washita (see map below).
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Vocational Rehabilitation Program, the following requirements must be met:
- The participant must be an enrolled citizen of a federally or state recognized tribe.
- The participant must have a medically documented physical, cognitive or mental disability.
- The participants impairment must constitute or result in a substantial impediment to employment.
- The participant can benefit from VR services, which will lead to gainful employment.
- The participant requires VR services to make preparations to, enter into or retain high quality employment, that will increase self-sufficiency.
- The participant must reside with the service area of The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Vocational Rehabilitation Program which includes Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Grady, Kiowa and Washita counties.
Note: An individual may qualify to participate in more than one Tribal VR program at a time, as well as the state VR, and/or VR services with the Veteran’s Affairs’ Rehabilitation services.
Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation Resources
The Apache Tribal VR Program
P.O. Box 1330
Anadarko, OK 73005
Office: (405) 247-7494
Fax: (405) 247-9872
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma VR Program Website
Counties Served: Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Kiowa, and Tillman.
Cherokee Nation
Director: Brenda Fitzgerald
P.O. Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74465
Phone: (918) 453-5004
Fax: (918) 458-4482
Cherokee Nation VR Website
The Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal VR
P.O. Box 38
Concho, OK 73022
Office: (405) 422-7617
Fax: (405) 422-8213
Cheyenne and Arapaho VR Program Website
Counties Served: Beckham, Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Kingfisher, Major, Roger Mills, Washita, and Woodward.
Chickasaw Nation
Director: Michelle Frazier Wilson
710 Colony Drive
Ada, OK 74820
Phone: (580) 559-0815
Chickasaw Nation VR Website
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Director: Debbie Davenport
P.O. Box 231
Hugo, OK 74743
Phone: (580) 642-6006
Choctaw Nation VR Website
The Comanche Tribal VR Program
P.O. Box 908
Lawton, OK 73502
Office: (580) 492-3605
Fax: (580) 492-6310
Comanche Nation VR Program Website
Counties Served: Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Stephens, and Tillman.
Delaware Nation Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Oklahoma City Branch
7249 S. Western Ave., Suite 204
Oklahoma City, OK 73139
Toll Free: 1-877-297-3139
Phone: (405) 632-3749
Fax: (405) 632-9753
Anadarko Branch
P.O. Box 546
Anadarko, OK 73005
Phone: (405) 247-5873
Fax: (405) 247-2360
Counties Served: Blaine, Caddo, Cleveland, Grady, Kiowa, Logan, McClain, and Logan.
Delaware Nation VR Website
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma
Director: Ronald Baker
PO Box 728
Perkins, OK 74059
Phone: (405) 547-5721 X4301
Fax: (405) 547-1090
Iowa Tribe VR Website
The Muscogee Nation
Director: Emma De La Cruz
PO Box 489 / 401 S. Woody Guthrie Street
Okemah, OK 74859
Phone: (918) 632-1197
Fax: (918) 623-2796
Muscogee Nation VR Website
Other Vocational Rehabilitation Resources
National Tribal VR Programs Contact Information: AIVRS Projects – AIVRTTAC+TVR Institute
Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS): 1-800-847-4042
*Partnering agency for all OK Tribal VR Programs
Note: An individual may qualify to participate in more than one Tribal VR program at a time, as well as the state VR, and/or VR services with the Veteran’s Affairs’ Rehabilitation services.
Vocational Training
Presented by the Caddo Kiowa Technology Center.
Free and open to all!