HHS Regional Office Closures

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In March, HHS announced it would close five of its 10 regional offices, including one in New York City

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In March , HHS announced it would close five of its 10 regional offices as part of a restructuring.

The HHS Region 2 office in New York City , which has served New Jersey , New York , Puerto Rico , and the U.S. Virgin Islands , was among those getting the ax.

Experts and advocates say that HHS regional offices form the connective tissue between the federal government and many locally based services.

Without regional offices, HHS will be less informed about which health initiatives are needed locally.

HHS did not provide an on-the-record response to a request for comment but has maintained that shuttering regional offices will not hurt services.

The loss of the regional HHS offices is just one more blow to public health efforts at the state and local levels.

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