human services


plural noun
  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1700–10 in the sense “provided by humans,” and in 1935–40 for the current sense

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