social services

Example Sentences

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Since 2007, Hamas has controlled the Gaza Strip, where it has functioned both as a military force and a de facto government dispensing social services.

From Los Angeles Times

Religious endowments known as bonyads control billions of dollars in assets that bankroll social services for the poor, salaries for clergy and industrial manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal

But hiring was largely anemic beyond a surge in healthcare and social services.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It’s part of a series put on by the county department of social services,” she said.

From Literature

He said the local government has been able to lower crime rates through community-based policing and by providing housing and social services to its unsheltered population.

From Los Angeles Times