welfare case
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- noun
- /ˈwɛlˌfɛr keɪs/
- Jargon
:
caso de bienestar
- The social worker met with several welfare cases to assess their needs and connect them with available resources.
- child welfare case
- number of welfare cases
- welfare cases across the state
Examples
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Child welfare cases, most often in civil dependency proceedings in juvenile courts, count on smoothly functioning relationships between judges, lawyers, and social service agencies to reduce the risk so kids like Frank Torres won't wind up dead.
Academic text (1997) -
Innovations in Child Welfare founder Caren Kaplan outlined the so-called "differential response" to child welfare cases during a combined meeting of the Health and Human Services Committee and the Judiciary Committee at the state Capitol.
Blog text (2) -
All children in the study had permanency plan statements in their child welfare case records.
Academic text (1994) -
I find it interesting that this map resembles the distribution of welfare cases in the country.
Blog text (31) -
Kaplan stated few child welfare cases involve physical or sexual abuse.
Blog text (2) -
In Virginia, Washington, D.C., South Dakota, and New Jersey, local relief agencies closed welfare cases when local agricultural employment or domestic service was available.
Academic text (1995) -
Stated one participant, "None of us receiving AFDC want our instructors to know we're a welfare case."
Academic text (1997) -
If you're eligible for Social Security, Medicare, or means-tested veterans' health care benefits, you're now classified by budget-cutting Republicans as a welfare case.
Blog text (12) -
The city implemented new programs to better support welfare cases and help them find employment opportunities.
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After the recent economic downturn, many families became welfare cases and relied on public assistance to get by.
Synonyms
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4.6
A person who gets help from other people because they are in need
How Needy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'welfare' (public assistance) + 'case' (a particular situation or person being handled) yields a situation/person receiving welfare. This is a common noun+noun/compound pattern found across languages and follows ordinary English composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Welfare case comes from the idea of a 'case' as a file or matter a worker handles. Imagine a social worker with a folder marked welfare that holds details about one person or family in need, and that folder is the case. That's why today welfare case means a person or situation handled by a welfare agency and 'receiving help'.