social service
noun
: an activity designed to promote social well-being
specifically
: organized philanthropic assistance (such as counseling, job training, or financial support)
It operates like a mall with specialty shops, treating students like customers, or the adult clients of a social service, rather than as young people in need of an education for a worthy life. —
Joseph Featherstone
Joseph Featherstone Most states are struggling with skimpy resources and a system of uncoordinated social services that is totally inadequate to serve a population of individuals whose needs are bottomless. —Constance Holden
—often used before another noun Constance Holden social service agencies
a social service project
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Advertisement School psychologists and social service workers will be on site in the coming days to support students and staff, Paramo said.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
The state is also seeking technologies to provide non-English speakers information about health and social services benefits in their language and to streamline the inspection process for health care facilities.
—Trân Nguyễn, Fortune, 9 May 2024
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Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
The state is also seeking technologies to provide non-English speakers information about health and social services benefits in their language and to streamline the inspection process for health care facilities.
—Trân Nguyễn, Fortune, 9 May 2024
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“Social service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20service. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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