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- News ArticleJanuary 11, 2023
HHS in the News features news stories and articles about the positive impact the Texas Health and Human Services Commission provides Texans through its programs and services. Read the news here (PDF) .
- News ArticleJanuary 5, 2023
Gov. Abbott announced HHSC is providing more than $344.1 million in emergency SNAP food benefits for the month of January. The allotments are expected to help about 1.6 million Texas households.
Topics: Benefits, Food, Health
- News ReleaseJanuary 4, 2023
HHSC is recognizing January as National Cervical Health Awareness Month and encouraging women to get screened for cervical cancer.
Topics: Benefits, Health, Women
- News ArticleJanuary 2, 2023
Texans can help recognize, report and prevent human trafficking.
Topics: Safety
- News ReleaseDecember 27, 2022
The HHS Executive Commissioner Cecile Erwin Young today named Dr. Jennifer Shuford commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, effective immediately.
Topics: Leadership
- News ArticleDecember 23, 2022
HHS employees sponsored 852 wish lists and donated over 2,500 gifts to children in foster care.
Topics: Children, Community Engagement
- News ArticleDecember 19, 2022
In anticipation of the upcoming solicitation and resulting contract for STAR Kids, HHSC is issuing this Request for Public Comment to seek information and comments regarding the proposed Best Value Criteria the agency will use to evaluate and select the successful respondent.
Topics: Health
- News ArticleDecember 14, 2022
The new channel has been popular, garnering more than 1,600 subscribers and tens of thousands of video views.
Topics: Health, Children
- News ArticleDecember 8, 2022
HHS in the News features news stories and articles about the positive impact the Texas Health and Human Services Commission provides Texans through its programs and services.
- News ReleaseDecember 5, 2022
HHSC, UT Southwestern Medical Center, and Children’s Health hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction on the state’s newest psychiatric hospital in Dallas, The Texas Behavioral Health Center at UT Southwestern.
Topics: Health, Food, Benefits