social service
noun
organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.
Origin of social service
First recorded in 1850–55
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Contemporary Examples of social service
Afterward, the state convened an expert panel to review how its social-service systems had failed.
And, so, we have built a vast network of charities and social-service providers.
Why Obama Health-Care Rule on Contraception Angers Catholic DemocratsMichael Sean Winters
February 10, 2012
Historical Examples of social service
I wonder why it is that we are not as enthusiastic in this social-service work as we are in attacking the problem of war.
Defenseless AmericaHudson Maxim
I remember a meeting of social-service workers in Boston that I was invited to address.
Habits that HandicapCharles B. Towns