initiation founding
foundation
institution
origination
creation innovation
introduction instauration | the act of starting something for the first time, introducing something new, she looked forward to her initiation as an adult, the foundation of a new scientific society |
welfare work
social service | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society |
| Secretary of Health Education and Welfare | head of a former executive department created in and divided into two departments in |
social welfare
welfare
public assistance | governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need, she lives on welfare |
| correctional institution | a penal institution maintained by the government |
| institution | an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated |
mental hospital
psychiatric hospital
mental institution
institution mental home
insane asylum
asylum | a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
penal institution
penal facility | an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public |
benefit
welfare | something that aids or promotes well-being, for the benefit of all |
| institution | a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society, the institution of marriage, the institution of slavery, he had become an institution in the theater |
institution
establishment | an organization founded and united for a specific purpose |
| medical institution | an institution created for the practice of medicine |
financial institution
financial organization
financial organisation | an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets |
| lending institution | a financial institution that makes loans |
| Department of Health Education and Welfare | a former executive department of the United States government, created in and divided in |
| welfare state | a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc. |
| educational institution | an institution dedicated to education |
| nondepository financial institution | a financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance |
depository financial institution
bank
banking concern
banking company | a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities, he cashed a check at the bank, that bank holds the mortgage on my home |
| thrift institution | a depository financial institution intended to encourage personal savings and home buying |
child welfare agency
child welfare service | an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children |
social worker
caseworker
welfare worker | someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) |
welfare case
charity case | a case for a welfare worker |
wellbeing
well-being
welfare
upbeat
eudaemonia
eudaimonia | a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous, the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles |
welfarist
welfare-statist | of or relating to a welfare state |