welfare agencies
Public assistance organizations
Welfare agencies are organizations—usually government-run but sometimes private—that provide assistance to people in need.
They administer programs for food assistance, housing support, healthcare, unemployment benefits, and child protective services.
She works for a welfare agency that helps families find affordable housing.
The term often carries bureaucratic connotations, suggesting forms, eligibility requirements, and caseworkers.
- Salvation ArmyChristian charitable organization
- Red CrossInternational emergency relief organization
- social securityPublic financial protection programs
- public assistanceGovernment help for poor
- MedicaidPublic health coverage for poor
food stamps · UNICEF · Habitat for Humanity · mental health clinics · unemployment benefits · child protective services · Oxfam · subsidized childcare · SNAP · housing assistance · Human Rights Watch · Save the Children · veterans' benefits · WIC · government aid · means tested · case workers · social services
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- nonprofitscharity shop, charity organizations, nonprofit, nonprofits, charities
- social servicessocial workers, social work, social services, case workers, job training
- support servicestherapy, counseling, tutoring, mentoring, coaching
- welfareSNAP benefits, public assistance, food stamps, poor law, TANF
- humanitarian aidaid, aid organizations, aid workers, disaster relief, emergency aid
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For-profit organizations
corporate entities · religious charities · voluntary organizations · mutual aid societies · nonprofit organizations
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Firms recovering unpaid debts
law enforcement agencies · correctional institutions · loan sharks · tax authorities · creditors
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