How to Use social service in a Sentence

social service

noun
  • In countries with weak social services, many end up on the street.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Almost all growth last year came from health care and social services.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • In many ways, the agency now plays a second role as a social service provider.
    — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Veal alleged in the video that social services refused to help him.
    — Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Those teachers reached out to social services.
    — Latif Love june 26, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
  • Tax cuts mean there is less funding today for social services.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Jack was taken away by social services and put into foster care as a child.
    — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The county, city and social service agency are named in the lawsuit as well.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2024
  • Greig says her time at Moss Park offers lessons for any social service.
    — Ian Willms, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Unlike the county and state, the city is not a social service agency.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 21 May 2024
  • Some waited in line for social services only to be turned elsewhere.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • There is no reason human and social services cannot follow.
    — Caroline Whistler, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • There, under the arch, was a hub for police and social service providers that the city opened to fanfare this week.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The library is hiring a part-time outreach staff member to join its social services team.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2025
  • The state of emergency won’t include funds for social services.
    — oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2020
  • But the days of the entire tri-county area leeching off downtown’s social services are over.
    — Chelsea Cantilli, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025
  • For those that provide social services such as housing to people in need, the challenges are even greater.
    — Mick Dumke, ProPublica, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Funds from that grant could be used for social services and affordable housing programs.
    — Amancai Biraben, Oc Register, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Rare among cities of its size, Norwalk has its own social services department.
    — Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
  • State social services will not receive county data under this new law.
    — Calmatters, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • These detainees have fewer rights and fewer social services than the inmates.
    — Lucy Diavolo, Teen Vogue, 29 July 2019
  • Ames wanted to know the metrics for success and get social service agencies at the table.
    — Mallory Moench, SFChronicle.com, 14 Jan. 2021
  • Some social service agencies fear that the funding available to support the homeless will not be enough to match the need.
    — Washington Post, 23 July 2021
  • Fighting social services fraud is an issue that seems to be uniting the major parties.
    — Tony Aiello, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • At the same time, other fraud schemes in state social service programs have been well documented.
    — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
  • But the study found that expanding health coverage and adding social services isn’t serving all those in need.
    — Angela Hart, Anchorage Daily News, 24 June 2023
  • Others saw signs of physical or verbal abuse and said red flags were raised to police and state social services over the years.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Calling state social services workers to put the children in foster care wasn't an option.
    — Cortlynn Stark, kansascity, 10 July 2018
  • Meanwhile, the health care and social services are among the few industries that are hiring steadily.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • About 90 people a month are referred to social service programs.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2023

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