ACF NEWS
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, December 17, 1998
Contact: Michael Kharfen, (202) 401-9215
ACF NAMES MARY ANN HIGGINS AS NORTHEAST HUB DIRECTOR
The HHS Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announced today
that Mary Ann Higgins will serve as the new ACF Northeast Regional Hub Director,
working in a new collaborative relationship among the ACF regional offices
in Boston, New York and Philadelphia. Ms. Higgins has over 20 years experience
in the social service and public administration areas.
ACF is responsible for some 60 programs that provide services and assistance
to children and families, including the welfare reform program signed into
law by President Clinton in 1996. Among the programs Ms. Higgins will work
with states, local organizations, and tribes on are: Head Start, the model
pre-school program; child care; foster care and adoption assistance; child
support enforcement; and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF),
formerly known as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).
Prior to this appointment as Hub Director, Ms. Higgins was regional
administrator for the New York region with responsibility for programs in
New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Previously she
was director of the JOBS program in ACF in Washington, DC. She also worked
in the Boston regional office on a range of programs, including AFDC, welfare-to-work
and the refugee resettlement programs
The Northeast region comprises Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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