social service

NOUN

social work

Synonyms

WEAK

casework community service free school lunch good works government-provided services relief social welfare support services welfare welfare work

Example Sentences

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He was speaking on behalf of the Sant'Egidio community, a movement of both lay people and clergy, committed to social service - and the priest was encouraging the students to embrace a pastoral mission.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

Police and social service providers routinely sent homeless people from throughout the city and county to the squalid downtown neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

Although CPS is a social service agency, it has a lot of overlap with the criminal justice system.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025

School psychologists and social service workers will be on site at Bret Hart Elementary in the coming days to support students and staff, Paramo said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024

They represented social service agencies in the United States and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau