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Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

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noun

  1. a former department of the U.S. government (1953–79) that administered federal programs dealing with health, education, welfare, and income security. HEW


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Department of Health, Education and Welfare acknowledged that hospices provided alternative care programs for Americans losing their lives to terminal illnesses.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2025

And the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare used the leverage those funds provided to press schools into desegregating.

From Slate Feb. 6, 2025

Department of Health, Education and Welfare to a Democratic administration for President-elect Jimmy Carter, Dr. Christmas ardently advanced her professional agenda.

From New York Times Jan. 4, 2024

Education Commission and later as an assistant to John W. Gardner, the secretary of the old Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

From Washington Post Apr. 11, 2021

The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was given a new Bureau, set up like the F.B.I., and headed by Myron P. Bishop, a man trained by that distinguished expert on narcotics, Anslinger, himself.

From Revenge by Porges, Arthur

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