community services
Local help programs
Community services are programs and activities that serve the public good, typically provided by government agencies or nonprofit organizations.
These include health clinics, food banks, homeless shelters, youth programs, and senior centers.
The term also refers to unpaid work performed as a court-ordered sentence: He was sentenced to 200 hours of community service.
- after-school programsOrganized youth activities post-classes
- crisis hotlinesEmergency telephone support services
- recycling programsOrganized material recovery efforts
- homeless sheltersTemporary residence for unhoused
- warming centerEmergency cold-weather shelter
mental health counseling · support group · assistance programs · public parks · food banks · meal delivery · tutoring programs · free clinics · sliding scale · public libraries · unemployment benefits · public assistance · social workers · vocational training centers · legal aid · fitness classes · sports leagues · scholarship funds
- municipal servicesmunicipal workers, city departments, waste collection, street lighting, city staff
- Red CrossRed Cross, blood donation, Clara Barton, blood drive, disaster relief
- Social Programswelfare office, unemployment benefits, disability benefits, TANF, family allowances
- social servicessocial workers, social work, welfare office, case workers, job training
- vocational trainingapprenticeship, apprenticeships, trade school, trade schools, vocational school
- welfarewelfare, welfare reform, welfare system, SNAP benefits, public assistance
community servicesprivate enterprise
Individually owned business operation
commercial services · private sector · fee-for-service · luxury services
community servicesself-reliance
Depending on oneself alone
every man for himself · self-interest · individualism · personal responsibility · personal enrichment