41.  If the human services workers are given raises, he said, others would demand similar hikes and the state could not afford it.

42.  In an age of declining human services from federal and local governments, nuns find themselves today at the forefront of some of the most demanding social work.

43.  In fact, when Mashpee appointed its first full-time human services director in July, the community became only the second town on Cape Cod to do so.

44.  In case the federal government rules that the human services department is not the proper authority to regulate nursing home administrators, the bill contains a backup plan.

45.  It is called on for young talent by human service organizations across the country, offering assistance in everything from housing to recreation.

46.  It is in these areas where health and human services officials have had the most difficulty meeting their goals.

47.  It would make the board an independent entity that operates with staff support from the human services department.

48.  Johnson, the human services secretary, defended that program as an example of how the state is trying to encourage charitable choice in a limited way.

49.  June Gibbs Brown, inspector general of the department of health and human services, said that many Medicare beneficiaries were never informed of their appeal rights.

50.  James and others say Bush has put some money and attention on education and human services.