Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

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The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was a former U.S. Cabinet-level department responsible for overseeing federal programs related to public health, education, and social welfare before it was reorganized into separate agencies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Cabinet department ⓘ
former United States federal executive department ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolved 1979 ⓘ
endTime May 4, 1980 ⓘ
fieldOfWork education policy ⓘ
public health ⓘ
social welfare policy ⓘ
firstHolderOfOffice Oveta Culp Hobby ⓘ
hasPart Food and Drug Administration ⓘ
Office of Education ⓘ
Office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
Public Health Service ⓘ
Social Security Administration ⓘ
hasSecretary Abraham A. Ribicoff ⓘ
Elliot L. Richardson ⓘ
linked to: Elliot Richardson

John W. Gardner ⓘ
Joseph A. Califano Jr. ⓘ
Oveta Culp Hobby ⓘ
Patricia Roberts Harris ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1953 ⓘ
jurisdiction Federal government of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Federal government
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia ⓘ
namedAfter education ⓘ
health ⓘ
welfare ⓘ
officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
parentOrganization Executive Branch of the United States Government ⓘ
partOf Cabinet of the United States ⓘ
precededBy Federal Security Agency ⓘ
reorganizedInto United States Department of Education ⓘ
United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
replacedBy United States Department of Education ⓘ
United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of federal education programs in the United States ⓘ
administration of federal social welfare programs in the United States ⓘ
public health policy at the federal level in the United States ⓘ
shortName HEW ⓘ
startTime April 11, 1953 ⓘ
subsequentLegislation Department of Education Organization Act ⓘ
Department of Health and Human Services Reorganization ⓘ

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Referenced by (30)

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Office of Economic Opportunity → successor → Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
Title II (Economic Opportunity Act of 1964) → laterAdministeredBy → Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
subject linked to: Title II
Education Amendments of 1967 → implementedBy → U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Education Amendments of 1968 → implementedBy → United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Health Services Administration → operatedUnderJurisdictionOf → United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Health Services Administration → parentDepartment → United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Assistant Secretary for Health → createdWithin → United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Alton Lemon → employer → U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Tuskegee syphilis study → terminatedBy → United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Public Law 87-415 → administeredBy → United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
National Toxicology Program → foundedBy → U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare → partOf → United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Assistant Secretary for Legislation of Health, Education, and Welfare → partOf → United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Assistant Secretary for Legislation of Health, Education, and Welfare → category → United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare officials ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Bureau of Solid Waste Management → parentOrganization → U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Bureau of Water Hygiene → parentAgency → U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978 → transfersFunctionFrom → Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
Public Law 92-318 → administeredBy → U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (at time of enactment) ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Cuban Refugee Program → operatedBy → U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
St. Elizabeths Hospital campus → operator → U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare → hasPart → Office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare → alsoKnownAs → Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare → alsoKnownAs → U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Education Amendments of 1970 → enforcedBy → United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Coleman Report → commissionedBy → U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Equality of Educational Opportunity → commissionedBy → U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Caspar Weinberger → employer → United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
subject linked to: Weinberger
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Belmont Report → publisher → U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Building → namedAfter → United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease → commissionedBy → U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
linked to: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare