Jurisdiction California Website www.chhs.ca.gov | Employees 33,000 | |
Headquarters 1600 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814 Annual budget US$ 88.2 billion (2011) Agency executive Diana Dooley, Secretary | ||
The California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) is the state agency tasked with administration and oversight of "state and federal programs for health care, social services, public assistance and rehabilitation" in the U.S. state of California. The agency is headed by the Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, with headquarters in Sacramento. On December 7, 2010, Governor-Elect Jerry Brown nominated Diana Dooley to be Secretary of CHHS.
CHHS was created from a reorganization of other California agencies, including the California Health and Welfare Agency which included the California Department of Health Services.
Organization
The agency is divided into various departments and boards:
References
California Health and Human Services Agency Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA