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• Child Welfare Services (Norway) — The Child Welfare Service of Norway is responsible for protecting the rights and interests of children with a difficult family situation. The service seeks to ensure that children receive adequate care and to prevent them from being subjected to… …   Wikipedia

• Hospital and Welfare Services Union — The Hospital and Welfare Services Union was established in 1918 as the Poor Law Workers Trade Union, In 1922 changed its name to Poor Law Officers Union, 1930 to the National Union of County Officers (NUCO) and in 1943 to the Hospital and Welfare …   Wikipedia

• welfare — welfare, sociology of welfare Welfare is the state or condition of doing or being well. The term is primarily invoked when some action is considered necessary in order to enhance individual or group welfare that is when welfare is in some way in… …   Dictionary of sociology

• welfare — wel‧fare [ˈwelfeə ǁ fer] noun [uncountable] ECONOMICS 1. help that is given by government to people with social or financial problems: • a drastic reform of the welfare system 2. money paid by the government to people who are poor, unemployed etc …   Financial and business terms

• Social Security and Welfare Services — ▪ 1994 Introduction       With a Democratic administration in the White House for the first time in 12 years, the U.S. moved boldly in the area of social welfare in 1993. Elsewhere in the world social security and welfare programs continued to be …   Universalium

• Welfare state — This article is about the welfare state as a general concept. For the system known as the Welfare State in the United Kingdom, see Welfare State. % of GDP in social expenditures in OECD states, 2001. A welfare state is a concept of government in… …   Wikipedia

• welfare and poverty relief — In China, welfare or fuli evokes a rich connotation of meanings and perceptions. In the broad sense, welfare refers to benefits and entitlements associated with employment, and in particular the collective amenities provided at the workplace for… …   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

• welfare — [[t]we̱lfeə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) N UNCOUNT: usu with poss The welfare of a person or group is their health, comfort, and happiness. I do not think he is considering Emma s welfare... He was the head of a charity for the welfare of children. 2) ADJ: usu …   English dictionary

• welfare — wel|fare W2S3 [ˈwelfeə US fer] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: well fare to fare well ] 1.) someone s welfare is their health and happiness ▪ Our only concern is the children s welfare. 2.) help that is provided for people who have personal or… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• welfare — noun (U) 1 health, comfort, and happiness; well­being: Our only concern is the children s welfare. 2 help that is provided, especially by government organizations for people with social or financial problems: The company s welfare officer deals… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• 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