welfare : Idioms & Phrases


child welfare agency

  • noun an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children
    child welfare agency.
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child welfare service

  • noun an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children
    child welfare agency.
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department of health education and welfare

  • noun a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1953 and divided in 1979
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secretary of health education and welfare

  • noun head of a former executive department created in 1953 and divided into two departments in 1979
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social welfare

  • noun governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
    public assistance; welfare.
    • she lives on welfare
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welfare case

  • noun a case for a welfare worker
    charity case.
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welfare state

  • noun a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.
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welfare work

  • noun an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society
    social service.
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welfare worker

  • noun someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)
    social worker; caseworker.
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welfare-statist

  • adjective satellite of or relating to a welfare state
    welfarist.
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