social services office
Government assistance center
A social services office is a government facility where people apply for and receive public assistance programs—welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, housing support.
The term often carries associations with bureaucracy, long waits, and means testing: She spent the morning at the social services office filling out paperwork.
Also called a welfare office or benefits office.
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- public assistanceGovernment help for poor
- government aidState-funded public support
- caseworkerAgency employee helping clients
- case managerProfessional coordinating client services
benefits · unemployment · food stamps · waiting room · waiting area · paperwork · intake · eligibility · means test · income verification · Medicaid · Section 8 · assistance · clerk · forms · queue · housing · disability
social services officecharitable organization
Nonprofit for public benefit
nonprofit organization · food bank · private foundation · GoFundMe · NGO
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