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Date: Sept. 13, 1996
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Commissioner of N.J. Department of Human Services to Speak at Princeton
Princeton, N.J.--New Jersey's Department of Human Services Commissioner William Waldman will speak on "The Changing Face of Human Services" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday, Sept. 30, at 4:30 p.m. in Bowl 5, Robertson Hall.
The Department of Human Services, which has 19,500 employees and a budget of $7 billion, is the state's largest public agency, accounting for one-thrid of the total state budget and work force. A member of the Governor's Cabinet, the commissioner is responsible for developing new policies and programs and managing the department's seven operating divisions as well as the Office of Education.
The department's responsiblities include managing the state's Medicaid and welfare programs, administering a statewide network of instituional and community-based services for the elderly, mentally ill, and developmentally disabled, providing a broad specturm of social services to children and families, and administering special programs for the visually impaired, deaf, and hard-of-hearing. Institutions under the jurisidiction of the department include six psychiatric hosoitals accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accrediation of hospitals, a forensic hospital, and eight centers for the developmentally disabled.
Waldman's talk is being sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School.