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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma’s (BCBSOK) Mobile Assistance Center (MAC) will host a booth at the 2022 Oklahoma State Fair, offering personalized health insurance enrollment assistance, customer service, and free diabetic retinal eye exams to eligible BCBSOK members.
Read moreDistrict 22 CASA Executive Director Gwen Gjovig will be retiring from the program at the end of October. The District 22 CASA program was organized in late 1999, and Gwen was sworn in as the program’s director in June 2003. The 22nd Judicial District CASA serves the children of Seminole, Pontotoc, and Hughes Counties.
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The City of Seminole was chosen for the Municipal Innovations Award for communities with a population of under 10,000 for their “Citizen Problem Reporter” app at the Oklahoma Municipal League Annual Conference.
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Oklahoma farmers and producers searching for a unique avenue to sell their products are encouraged to apply for the Oklahoma Local Food Procurement Assistance program, created in cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and Oklahoma Department of Human Services. Through LFPA, ODAFF will work to purchase and distribute Oklahoma grown, produced, and processed food to local underserved communities, helping to expand economic development for both the producers and the communities they serve.
Read moreSenate Appropriations Chair Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, and Vice Chair Chuck Hall, R- Perry, said Oklahomans would see generational benefits as a result of the incredible hard work and dedication of members of the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding over the past year. On Tuesday, the bicameral, bipartisan committee approved more than $1.1 billion in projects through funding provided by the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that will address critical needs facing the state – needs that were heightened as a result of the pandemic. Thompson and Hall noted there were 1,400 portal submissions totaling $18 billion in requests for the state’s more than $1.8 billion in ARPA funding.
Read moreIt is the “wurst” of times Oktoberfest is back! The fest was postponed for two years due to covid, much to the chagrin of beer lovers from around the world. The legendary annual German beer celebration has been attracting local and international tourists since 1810, says the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC].
Read moreA state of the art holistic health and fitness center is one of the projects recommended to receive American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds by the Oklahoma House and Senate Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding. The committee proposed spending $22.1 million for the project that will benefit first responders, Oklahoma National Guard members and other military servicemen and women.
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