human services

plural noun

programs or facilities for meeting basic health, welfare, and other needs of a society or group, as people who are poor, sick, or elderly.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of human services¹

First recorded in 1700–10 in the sense “provided by humans,” and in 1935–40 for the current sense

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At an April 16 press conference, Health and Human Services chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made the demonstrably untrue claim that individuals with autism cannot hold jobs, have romantic relationships, or play sports.

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We contacted the Administration for Children and Families and the Department for Health and Human Services which awarded the contract but are yet to hear back.

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People with autism "will never pay taxes, they'll never hold a job, they'll never play baseball, they'll never write a poem, they'll never go on a date", the US Health and Human Services chief said earlier this month.

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Neither the Office of Refugee Resettlement nor the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the office, responded to requests from The Times.

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Since they first conceived of the study, President Trump took office and appointed as secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic and skeptic of established vaccine science.

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