Alabama’s Department of Human Resources is dedicated to providing safety net services to Alabama citizens in need of them. Families and children in need can find a wide range of services through the Department’s service bureaus. There is an office to serve each of the state’s sixty seven counties. The services offered through the [...]

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Some years ago, the term Department of Employment used in the public sector was replaced in most states by the term Department of Human Resources, or some variation thereof. There is some speculation that the reason for this change was the widespread misnomer “Department of Unemployment,” spawned by the simple fact [...]

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The term “human resource” is an attempt to quantify a person’s value within the business world. In the private sector, ‘human resource development’ generally refers to the personnel processes implemented within a business. These include hiring, firing, promotions, demotions, layoffs and so forth. These functions are generally overseen by the Human Resources, [...]

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The Texas Department of Human Resources was created in 1939 as the Texas Department of Public Welfare. The department was supervised by the state board of public welfare, composed of three members appointed by the Governor for six-year terms. The major duties of the department were to administer the state laws regarding [...]

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