Social services
Social services, also called Welfare service or Social Work are any publicly or privately provided services intended to aid disadvantages , distressed and vulnerable person or groups. The social services also denotes the Profession engaged in rendering such services.
Social Services Media
The provision of education services is an example of a social service. For more, see Public Education.
Volunteers at Meals on Wheels preparing food. This is an example of an organisation which provides the social service of food assistance. This non-governmental charity provides the sourcing, preparation and delivery of food to disadvantaged peoples, such as the homeless.
A photograph of a 10-year-old girl in 1912 employed in child labour. Through the passage Factory Acts, the severity and commonality of child labour decreased.
Japan's economic expenditure on core social services post WWII, sourced from the Japanese Government's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
The absolute poverty rates of various countries before and after their introduction of welfare
The relative poverty rates before and after the introduction of welfare of various countries
Public social spending as a share of GDP, OWID
Total healthcare cost per person. Public and private spending. US dollars PPP. $6,319 for Canada in 2022. $12,555 for the US in 2022.
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