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Trump Shifts Disability Agency to HHS, Critics Warn Service Cuts

6/19/2026

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President Donald Trump administration moved the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to Health and Human Services and Office of Civil Rights to Justice.
Lawmakers, disability advocates and Senator Bill Cassidy warned the reshuffling could jeopardize services for disabled people and urged placement in Labor Department.
Experts condemned a Health and Human Services brief on Medicaid work requirements for ignoring evidence showing no employment gains and omitting Arkansas’s failure.

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President Donald Trump administration moved the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to Health and Human Services and Office of Civil Rights to Justice.
Lawmakers, disability advocates and Senator Bill Cassidy warned the reshuffling could jeopardize services for disabled people and urged placement in Labor Department.
Experts condemned a Health and Human Services brief on Medicaid work requirements for ignoring evidence showing no employment gains and omitting Arkansas’s failure.