What is a guardianship voucher and who is eligible for it?
Per OAC 340:100-3-5.2 and Section 228 of Title 56, DDSD can provide help in paying for legal fees associated with guardianship services through a voucher program. The voucher is a certificate from DDSD that may be redeemed by an attorney to reimburse him or her for legal fees. The voucher is currently worth $700.00 but this amount is subject to change. The voucher is available to persons receiving Home and Community-Based Waiver services, residents of the Northern Oklahoma Resource Center in Enid, the Robert M. Greer Center in Enid, and the Southern Oklahoma Resource Center in Pauls Valley. To be eligible for the voucher, the potential guardian must be a relative of the person or be a certified volunteer through the TARC ARCCorps program, and must be recommended and approved by the DDSD capacity assessment team. DDSD does not support obtaining guardianship by certain groups of otherwise eligible people due to the potential for conflict of interest. In these cases, vouchers will not be
