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Health and Human Services

The largest civilian department by budget: Medicare, Medicaid, the FDA, the CDC, the NIH, and the social service agencies.

Administration for Children and Families Reorganizing
The HHS division that runs TANF, Head Start, child care, child support, foster care, and refugee resettlement programs
Administration for Community Living Reorganizing
The HHS agency that funds services helping older adults and people with disabilities live in their own homes and communities
Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response Reorganizing
The HHS agency that prepares for pandemics, bioterrorism, and disasters and manages the Strategic National Stockpile
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Reorganizing
The HHS research agency that studies patient safety, health care quality, and how the health system works
Health Resources and Services Administration Reorganizing
The HHS agency that funds community health centers, the Ryan White HIV program, and health care for underserved areas
HHS Office for Civil Rights
The HHS office that enforces civil rights in health care and the HIPAA privacy and security rules
Indian Health Service
The HHS agency that provides or funds health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives as part of the federal trust responsibility
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Reorganizing
The HHS agency that funds state and local mental health and addiction services and oversees the 988 crisis line
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reorganizing
The national public health agency: outbreak detection, immunization, disease surveillance, and the data behind them
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
The agency that pays for health care for 160 million Americans and spends more than any other part of the government
The Department of Health and Human Services Reorganizing
The biggest budget in government: Medicare, Medicaid, the FDA, the CDC, the NIH, and the social services agencies
The Food and Drug Administration
The regulator of drugs, vaccines, medical devices, food, tobacco, and cosmetics, roughly a fifth of what Americans buy
The National Institutes of Health
The largest funder of medical research in the world: 27 institutes, 47 billion dollars, and 300,000 scientists on its grants