HHS veteran will lead Tennessee Department of Human Services
Clarence Carter Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday announced the appointment of Clarence Carter to his cabinet as the new commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Human Services. Carter will come to Tennessee from Washington, D.C., where he has been director of the Office of Family Assistance and the acting director of the Office of Community Services at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families. His work in the Trump administration included oversight of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Tennessee has
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Allegheny County Human Services Director Marc Cherna.
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The Department of Human Services is spearheading new initiatives to support young adults ages 18 through 24 who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness, officials announced Thursday.
DHS is implementing four new projects that aim to increase housing security for unaccompanied transitioned age youth, couples and young families throughout Allegheny County.
“Stable housing is the foundation for helping people thrive. It’s a critical need for our youth who are turning 18,” DHS Director Marc Cherna said. “We thank all of our community partners who have been working together to ensure that Allegheny County has effective programs in place to help house those who are transitioning to adulthood.”
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About 1,000 students – 700 from Pittsburgh Public Schools – have spent the past few months logging into their online classes and completeing their homework in churches, community centers, YMCAs and Boys and Girls Clubs.
They ve been able to do so thanks to federal CARES Act funding distributed by the county s Department of Human Services to organizations that became Learning Hubs . That federal funding will run out this month. Because so many families have relied on the service, the department will keep them open in January and take on the cost.
DHS will use its state child welfare dollars allocated to Children Youth and Families – or CYF. So far it has cost about $800,000 a month to operate around 60 hubs.