On Apr. 11, 1953, the Federal Security Agency (FSA) becomes the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). The FSA, founded in 1939, was rsponsible for the nations’s health, education and social security, all of which had grown significantly. In March 1953, President Eisenhower submitted a reorganization plan to Congress that dissolved the FSA and elevated the agency to Cabinet status as the Department of HEW.