April 11, 2015 | Detroit Free Press
LANSING – At 11:59 p.m. Friday, the state departments of Community Health and Human Services officially merged, becoming the Department of Health and Human Services.
The creation of the state’s largest department — with 14,010 employees — came and went without significant challenge, fanfare or commemoration, although the new department is expected to quietly mark the merger at some point next week. And Director Nick Lyon has been traveling the state, meeting with employees of both departments. [...]