social assistance
Britishnoun
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Luna Blanca, a Ceuta-based charity providing food and social assistance to vulnerable people, said it had been distributing between 3,500 and 4,000 meals a day since the influx began.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Between January 2020 and December 2025, California added 249,920 establishments and 580,862 jobs in healthcare and social assistance, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The main job growth sectors in June included health care and social assistance, while the leisure and hospitality sector lost jobs after a strong showing the previous month.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Is it any surprise that healthcare and social assistance account for all of the state’s net job growth since the start of the pandemic?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
She had kept for some time quite close to Mrs. Dares, having a practical sense of the little lady's valuable social assistance on an occasion like the present, apart from all personal feelings of liking.
From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
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