HHS Ready to Take Over Program Serving Special Needs Students, Child Nutrition: RFK Jr.

Some Department of Education responsibilities are being shifted to other agencies.
HHS Ready to Take Over Program Serving Special Needs Students, Child Nutrition: RFK Jr.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington on Feb. 21, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is prepared to take over a program that serves students with special needs, as well as a program in charge of school meals, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on March 21.

HHS “is fully prepared to take on the responsibility of supporting individuals with special needs and overseeing nutrition programs that were run” by the Department of Education, Kennedy wrote on social media platform X.
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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