welfare office
Aid distribution center
A welfare office is a government facility where people apply for and receive public assistance—food stamps, housing aid, unemployment benefits, and similar programs.
The term often carries connotations of bureaucracy and means-testing: She spent three hours at the welfare office filling out forms.
In American usage, it suggests need and sometimes stigma.
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- public assistanceGovernment help for poor
- caseworkerAgency employee helping clients
- social workerHuman services professional
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
food stamps · assistance · government aid · safety net · waiting room · waiting area · poverty · low income · hard times · paperwork · income verification · social services · Medicaid · disability · eligibility · means test · applications · case number
- Social Programsunemployment benefits, disability benefits, TANF, family allowances, WIC
- social servicessocial workers, social work, social services, case workers, job training
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- institutionsacademy, government, public hospitals, museum, public libraries
- public servicespolice, police department, police station, police stations, police patrols
- government agenciesFBI, CIA, NASA, IRS, EPA
welfare officeprivate bank
Exclusive wealth management institution
investment bank · country club · private equity firm · tax shelter · yacht club
welfare officerevenue service
Agency collecting government taxes
tax authority · tax office · IRS · tax collector · customs office
welfare, office, offices, fare, fares, fared, faring, officer, officers