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Social welfare
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a set of ideas and a set of activities and organizations for carrying those ideas to provide people with income and other social benefits.
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Charity/philanthropy
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refers to social welfare in which a donor (giver) assists a recipient (taker).
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Public welfare
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basically an extension of charity/philanthropy in which the government assumes the responsibility of the poor.
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Standard of living
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the economic means of subsistence of an individual.
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Social Insurance
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Public Assistance.
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Social Services
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public charity (nonmaterialistic benefits that often overlap with social insurance.) an offshoot of charity/philanthropy.
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old Homeless
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individuals who are generally sterotyped as homeless. They are older, alcoholic men who sleep in cheap flop-houses or skid-row hotels.
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The new homeless
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indeed truly homeless. They do not sleep in cheap hotels but rather sleep on the streets or find public buildings to escape into during inclement weather.
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