Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

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United States Cabinet department former United States federal executive department

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare	6
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Cabinet department ⓘ former United States federal executive department ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Department of Health, Education, and Welfare NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Food and Drug Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ Office of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ Office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare NERFINISHED ⓘ Public Health Service NERFINISHED ⓘ Social Security Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSecretary	Abraham A. Ribicoff NERFINISHED ⓘ Elliot L. Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph A. Califano Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Oveta Culp Hobby NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Roberts Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1953 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	education ⓘ health ⓘ welfare ⓘ
officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment	United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization	Executive Branch of the United States Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Federal Security Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
reorganizedInto	United States Department of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Department of Health and Human Services NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	United States Department of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Department of Health and Human Services NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	April 11, 1953 ⓘ
subsequentLegislation	Department of Education Organization Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Department of Health and Human Services Reorganization ⓘ