human services

plural noun

programs or facilities for meeting basic health, welfare, and other needs of a society or group, as people who are poor, sick, or elderly.

Origin of human services

First recorded in 1700–10 in the sense “provided by humans,” and in 1935–40 for the current sense

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On Thursday, the Senate narrowly confirmed Xavier Becerra to be health and human services secretary, rejecting claims from the right that he is hostile toward Catholics and other Christians.
Xavier Becerra is the victim of the right’s distortion of Catholicism | Duncan Hosie | March 19, 2021 | Washington Post
Meanwhile, smaller charities have seen their revenue dip by nearly a fifth, with donations to human services organizations dropping by 10 percent last quarter in recent estimates.
The Most Charitable Cities of 2020 Will Surprise You | Nick Fouriezos | December 13, 2020 | Ozy
Similarly, the Department of Health and human services could not provide investigators with that information.
Obamacare Covers Foreign Diplomats | Tim Mak | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
They pick up Ben from human services, but only after guessing which of two similar-looking babies he was.
15 Times ‘Friends’ Was Really, Really Weird | Kevin Fallon | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Not sure if it would be surgeon general or something else within HHS (Health and human services).
Sanjay Gupta, on the Ebola Front Lines | Tim Teeman | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

There was only one problem: The numbers were bogus, according to the U.S. Department of Health and human services.
At Least Two ‘Border Kids’ Have Swine Flu | Ruben Navarrette Jr. | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The U.S. Department of Health and human services recently that an unaccompanied minor from Central America has the H1N1 flu.
At Least Two ‘Border Kids’ Have Swine Flu | Ruben Navarrette Jr. | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
If we had here to do with utility as connected with human services, I should not contest this principle.
Harmonies of Political Economy | Frdric Bastiat
It is a different thing, however, to consider human services as wealth of an ephemeral kind at the moment they are rendered.
The Principles of Economics | Frank A. Fetter
But the results of most human services may be seen to rest, at least temporarily, in some material form.
The Principles of Economics | Frank A. Fetter
The scarcity of human services, relative to wants, is the fundamental fact in the problem of wages.
The Principles of Economics | Frank A. Fetter
The agents of production compose two great species, material goods and human services.
The Principles of Economics | Frank A. Fetter

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