Department of HHS Announces Reorganization

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a reorganization to comply with the President’s order to reduce the workforce. The restructuring, which is expected to take place in late May, 2025, will reduce HHS staff by about 20,000 full-time employees. Among changes that could impact IPC are:

• moving NIOSH from CDC to a newly-created Administration for a Healthy America;
• moving ASPR to CDC;
• combining AHRQ with the office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) into a new Office of Strategy;
• combining CMS with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to create a new Administration for Community Living (ACL).

Employee cuts will include:

• 3,500 from FDA
• 2,400 from CDC
• 1,200 from NIH
• 300 from CMS

Read the HHS notice.