Massachusetts Health & Human Services Restructuring Presentation

Massachusetts Announces Health & Human Services Restructuring Plan

On February 24, 2003, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney announced a restructuring plan for the Commonwealths sixteen health and human services agencies. Under the restructuring, the Massachusetts' sixteen agencies would be reformulated as four different entities:

Children, Youth, and Families: Department of Social Services, the Office of Child Care Services, the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Department of Youth Services and the Office for Refugees and Immigrants
Disabilities and Community Services: Department of Mental Retardation, the long-term care unit of the Division of Medical Assistance, the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, the Commission for . . .