OKLAHOMA CITY — A brightly colored parachute billows up and down as attendees at a Daily Living Center adult day facility in Oklahoma City bat a balloon back and forth over the parachute.
Peppy ’60s-era music plays over speakers while others at the center read newspapers or chat. It’s noisy and cheerful.
But this center and others like it are bracing for devastating cuts to their operating budgets in the wake of the Department of Human Service’s $27 million shortfall. Program cuts, which have not yet been announced, are expected to go into effect for fiscal year 2018, which begins July 1.
The Adult Day Services program serves about 1,000 Oklahomans in a given year, according to DHS records.
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