welfare department
Government aid office
A welfare department is a government agency that administers social assistance programs—providing financial aid, food assistance, housing support, and other services to people in need.
The term typically refers to state or local offices where people apply for benefits: She spent the morning at the welfare department filling out paperwork.
Also called a social services department or human services department.
- social servicesPublic aid programs
- social workerHuman services professional
- caseworkerAgency employee helping clients
- case managerProfessional coordinating client services
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
food stamps · food bank · government assistance · assistance · poverty · unemployment · aid · government · office · applicant · eligibility · means test · housing · Medicaid · checks · intake · waiting room · waiting list
- government officesDMV, bureau, agency, post office, administrative office
- state governmentstate budget, state senate, state legislature, state capitol, state constitution
- Labor Agencieslabor board, labor council, labor court, NLRB, EEOC
welfare departmentcharitable foundation
Nonprofit for giving grants
religious charity · mutual aid society · almsgiving · Red Cross · nonprofit organization
welfare departmentemployment agency
Service matching workers to positions
job training center · employment office · self-sufficiency · labor department · self-reliance
welfare departmentIRS
Federal tax collector
treasury department · law enforcement agency · corrections department · defense department · regulatory agency
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