Health And Human Services

Volunteers, or "grandparents," could get a stipend for spending 15 to 40 hours a week assisting a child with reading or writing or just staying focused.

The announcement, which effectively reverses a Trump-era rule, springs from last summer's landmark Supreme Court decision banning employment discrimination against LGBTQ people.

“It’s a humanitarian effort. It’s not a permanent solution,” Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff said this week.

From Texas Standard:The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing arguments Monday in Seattle on whether President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban is…

Texas’ top health care fraud investigator resigned Wednesday night under pressure from the governor, the result of media inquiries that revealed Texas…

From Texas Standard:It all started with a battle over information: In one corner was the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. In the other were…

Three people have become infected with Shigella bacteria after swimming at Bull Creek Park, prompting the Austin/Travis County Health department to advise…

For more than a century, the Austin State Hospital has been a fixture in Hyde Park. While the facility near Guadalupe and 41st Streets is primarily a…

From the Texas Tribune: Charles Smith, a longtime ally of Gov. Greg Abbott, will be the next executive commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services…

From the Texas Tribune: A scathing state audit of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's $20 million deal for fraud tracking software has…