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  2. Administration for Children and Families - Wikipedia

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    ACF's direct predecessor, the Family Support Administration, was created in 1986 by bringing together six existing major programs within HHS. ACF was created in its present form on April 15, 1991, by merging the Office of Human Development Services, the Family Support Administration, and the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program.

  3. United States Department of Health and Human Services

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    HHS was left in charge of the Social Security Administration, agencies constituting the Public Health Service, and Family Support Administration. [ citation needed ] In 1995, the Social Security Administration was removed from the Department of Health & Human Services, and established as an independent agency of the executive branch of the ...

  4. Office of Child Support Enforcement - Wikipedia

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    OCSE is an office within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), which is a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It helps states and tribes to design their programs, provides children medical and emotional support, technical assistance, funding, assistance in locating responsible parents, and ...

  5. United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

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    Website. www.hhs.gov. The United States secretary of health and human services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all health matters. The secretary is a member of the United States Cabinet. The office was formerly Secretary of ...

  6. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families - Wikipedia

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    Federal government of the United States. Annual budget. $16.5 billion (FY 2021) [1] Website. www .acf .hhs .gov /programs /ofa /programs /tanf. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ( TANF / tænɪf /) is a federal assistance program of the United States. It began on July 1, 1997, and succeeded the Aid to Families with Dependent Children ...

  7. Rachel Levine - Wikipedia

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    2021–present. Rank. Admiral. Rachel Leland Levine ( / ləˈviːn /; born October 28, 1957) [1] is an American pediatrician who has served as the United States assistant secretary for health since March 26, 2021. [2] She is also an admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps .

  8. Child support in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Support Enforcement Services, Office of Family Support: Maine Revised Statute Ann. tit. 19-A, §§ 2001–2010, based on the Income Shares model: Division of Support Enforcement & Recovery: Maryland Family Law Code Ann. §§ 12-201 et seq., based on the Income Shares model: Child Support Enforcement Administration: Massachusetts

  9. United States Children's Bureau - Wikipedia

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    The United States Children's Bureau is a federal agency organized under the United States Department of Health and Human Services ' Administration for Children and Families. Today, the bureau's operations involve improving child abuse prevention, foster care, and adoption. Historically, its work was much broader, as shown by the 1912 act which ...