The first position listed is White House Chief of Staff, Denis McDonoug. Next is the Environmental Protection Agency lead by Administrator Gina McCarthy. Shaun L.S. Donovan directs the Office of Management & Budget. The next representative is the United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Michael Froman. The position of the United States Mission to the United Nations is lead by Ambassador Samantha Power. The Council of Economic Advisers who's Chairman is Jason Furman has Cabinet Rank. The last position included on this list is the Small Business Administration, headed by Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet (Administration, n.d. Cabinet). Two Cabinet positions directly related to social welfare policy are the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Department of Health and Human Services is often the most far reaching of all executive departments. This department administers Social Security, providing income to retired and disabled persons. .
In addition, this department funds Medicare, which provides insurance for people over 65. Medicaid provides benefits to poor individuals. These agencies work with groups such as poor families, Native Americans, children, elderly, migrants, refugees, and those who are handicapped. Not only are these agencies involved on the micro level of social work, they also handle larger, macro services. These include, such as public health centers, mental health centers, substance abuse centers, Centers for Disease Control, National institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration (U.S Department, n.d. HUD). Another department directly related to the social welfare policy is the Department of Housing and Urban Development. It provides assistance to those in need. Overseeing community development, fair-housing laws, affordable housing, and rent subsidies. They regulate who is able to participate in these programs, who funds the programs, as well as who is responsible for implementing and servicing those programs (U.
