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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Unlike the county and state, the city is not a social service agency.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 21 May 2024
  • The county, city and social service agency are named in the lawsuit as well.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2024
  • The Salvation Army of North Texas is one of the region’s largest social service providers.
    — Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Both the school and the camp were in the Quaker tradition, which placed a big emphasis on social service.
    — April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Greig says her time at Moss Park offers lessons for any social service.
    — Ian Willms, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • And then Caitlin Durban has a great story about how many kids stayed overnight in county social services last year, that was 503.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
  • For those that provide social services such as housing to people in need, the challenges are even greater.
    — Mick Dumke, ProPublica, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Ames wanted to know the metrics for success and get social service agencies at the table.
    — Mallory Moench, SFChronicle.com, 14 Jan. 2021
  • Jack was taken away by social services and put into foster care as a child.
    — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • The victims had given the city their names and info to apply for social services like beds in homeless shelter and food stamps.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The funds will be sourced from Measure K, a local sales tax fund that finances local social services.
    — Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
  • Chicago, along with New York City and Denver, have struggled to keep up with the demand for housing and social services brought on by the influx.
    — Daniella Silva, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The state of emergency won’t include funds for social services.
    — oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Opponents worried the measure would tie the hands of Beacon Hill and hurt the funding of social service programs.
    — Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Tax cuts mean there is less funding today for social services.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The arrivals also have overwhelmed social service providers in New York, Chicago and other cities where many have sought to restart their lives.
    — Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • There has been rapid growth in low-paying jobs that are held mostly by women, such as home health aides and child care and social service workers.
    — Winnie Hu, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • When Brown was 10, social services intervened and sent the children to live with their grandparents.
    — Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The idea was that a bevy of social service agencies would be housed in the building—a drug-treatment center, a mental health clinic, a records office.
    — Joe Rubin, The New Republic, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Hogan said no court workers or social service agencies checked on her well-being when, as a young girl, both her parents were sent to prison.
    — Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2019
  • And there are some emotional scenes where your little ones might worry that Lilo will be taken from Nani by social services.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • According to the outlet, none resulted in a referral to social services.
    — Jordana Comiter, People.com, 22 May 2025

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