social welfare
noun
: organized public or private social services for the assistance of disadvantaged groups
specifically
: social work
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For decades, China’s booming cities and factories have relied on the cheap labor of countless migrants without granting them access to urban social welfare benefits, including education for their children.
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Nectar Gan, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
Protecting social welfare: The plan extends the solvency of Medicare indefinitely and steadily increases spending for Social Security.
—USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
The community IDs cannot be used to vote, drive or receive social welfare benefits.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
Proceeds: Benefit The Lotus Foundation, a foundation that Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach launched to support charitable projects aimed at advancing social welfare in diverse areas.
—Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 22 Feb. 2024
Drug use and overdose deaths have been an increasing problem in San Francisco in recent months, drawing harsh criticism from conservative politicians and others who blame lax police enforcement and the city’s liberal social welfare policies.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Some Democratic members of Congress and groups have also accused No Labels of acting like a political party, despite its tax-exempt social welfare organization status.
—Cristina Corujo, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2024
The foundation was established last year and focuses on education, healthcare and medical research, as well as community and social welfare.
—Forbes Press Releases, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
South Korea set a fresh record for the world’s lowest fertility rate as the impact of the nation’s aging demographics looms large for its medical system, social welfare provision and economic growth.
—Sam Kim, Fortune Asia, 28 Feb. 2024
Nectar Gan, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
Protecting social welfare: The plan extends the solvency of Medicare indefinitely and steadily increases spending for Social Security.
—USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
The community IDs cannot be used to vote, drive or receive social welfare benefits.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
Proceeds: Benefit The Lotus Foundation, a foundation that Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach launched to support charitable projects aimed at advancing social welfare in diverse areas.
—Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 22 Feb. 2024
Drug use and overdose deaths have been an increasing problem in San Francisco in recent months, drawing harsh criticism from conservative politicians and others who blame lax police enforcement and the city’s liberal social welfare policies.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Some Democratic members of Congress and groups have also accused No Labels of acting like a political party, despite its tax-exempt social welfare organization status.
—Cristina Corujo, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2024
The foundation was established last year and focuses on education, healthcare and medical research, as well as community and social welfare.
—Forbes Press Releases, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
South Korea set a fresh record for the world’s lowest fertility rate as the impact of the nation’s aging demographics looms large for its medical system, social welfare provision and economic growth.
—Sam Kim, Fortune Asia, 28 Feb. 2024
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social welfare
noun
social wel·fare
-ˈwel-ˌfa(ə)r, -ˌfe(ə)r 
: organized public or private social services for the assistance of disadvantaged groups
specifically
: social work
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