welfare agency

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• child welfare agency — noun an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children • Syn: ↑child welfare service • Hypernyms: ↑administrative unit, ↑administrative body …   Useful english dictionary

• agency — n. 1) an advertising; detective; employment; government; health care; home health; intelligence; law enforcement; news; private; public; regulatory; ticket; travel; voluntary; watchdog; welfare agency 2) at an agency (she works at a travel… …   Combinatory dictionary

• agency — /ay jeuhn see/, n., pl. agencies. 1. an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency. 2. a company having a franchise to represent another. 3. a governmental bureau, or an office that represents it. 4 …   Universalium

• agency — a•gen•cy [[t]ˈeɪ dʒən si[/t]] n. pl. cies 1) an organization, company, or bureau that provides a particular service: a welfare agency[/ex] 2) gov a government bureau or administrative division 3) a company having a franchise to represent another… …   From formal English to slang

• Welfare reform — is a movement for policy change in countries with a state administered social welfare systems. Welfare reform is a movement to change a government s social welfare policy with aims at reducing recipient dependence on the government. Members of… …   Wikipedia

• welfare work — welfare worker. the efforts or programs of an agency, community, business organization, etc., to improve living conditions, increase job opportunities, secure hospitalization, and the like, for needy persons within its jurisdiction. [1905 10] * * …   Universalium

• welfare — /wel fair /, n. 1. the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well being: to look after a child s welfare; the physical or moral welfare of society. 2. See welfare work. 3. financial or other… …   Universalium

• welfare — noun 1 good health and happiness ADJECTIVE ▪ animal, child, community, family, human, personal ▪ people concerned about child welfare ▪ gen …   Collocations dictionary

• welfare — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from the phrase wel faren to fare well Date: 14th century 1. the state of doing well especially in respect to good fortune, happiness, well being, or prosperity < must look out for your own welfare > 2. a. aid… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• welfare — /ˈwɛlfɛə / (say welfair) noun 1. the state of faring well; wellbeing: one s welfare; the physical or moral welfare of society. 2. → welfare work. 3. → social service. 4. the welfare, Colloquial a government social service agency, usually viewed… …  

• agency — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ official ▪ federal, government, governmental, public, state ▪ regulatory ▪ UN …   Collocations dictionary