Social Services Agencies

Agency promoting affordable rental housing, homeownership, and homelessness prevention

The Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) is a state agency that assists veterans and their families, including by helping them with the claims process for federal benefits, tuition assistance, and helping them find jobs. The commission is one of the older agencies of state government, dating to 1927 when it was…

Caring for veterans cemeteries and retirement homes

Agency managing unemployment benefits and other workforce programs

State agency running public health programs and coordinating response to disease outbreaks

HHSC regulates nursing homes, manages state hospitals, and runs the state’s Medicaid system.

Agency overseeing child abuse investigations, foster care, and adoption in Texas

Overview of the role, structure, funding, and functions of TSAHC