Health and Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The Department includes more than 300 programs, covering a wide spectrum of activities. Some of these programs include: · Medical and social science research · Preventing outbreak of infectious disease, including immunization services · Medicare (health insurance for elderly and disabled Americans) and · Financial assistance for low-income families · Improving maternal and infant health · Head Start (pre-school education and services) · Preventing child abuse and domestic violence · Substance abuse treatment and prevention · Services for older Americans, including home-delivered meals · Comprehensive health services delivery for American Indians and Alaska Natives HHS is the largest grant making agency in the federal government, providing
Gov. Thompson was first elected governor in 1986, surprising the political experts by receiving 53 percent of the vote and defeating the incumbent Democratic governor. Gov. Thompson was re-elected in 1990, garnering 58 percent of the vote. The governor in 1994 became the first in Wisconsin's history elected to a third, four-year term and on November 3, 1998, was elected to an unprecedented fourth term.Since the day he took office, Gov. Thompson has pursued an ambitious and innovative agenda focused on five main policy areas: the economy, ending welfare, education reform, the environment and crime. He plans to work on the same sort of issues as Secretary of the HHS cabinet. He also plans to improve housing for the elderly. The Secretary of HHS under President Clinton was Donna E. Shalala. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and educated at Western College. After graduating in 1962, she served two years in the Peace Corps in Iran, then returned to the United States to attend Syracuse University. After graduating from Syracuse in 1970, she taught political science at Bernard Baruch Co
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