The phrase "a welfare programme" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a government or organizational initiative designed to provide assistance and support to individuals in need.
Example: "The government has launched a new welfare programme aimed at reducing poverty and improving living standards for low-income families."
Alternatives: "a social assistance program" or "a public aid initiative".
And a welfare programme in Minnesota which rewarded married couples has yielded startling results.
They believe that if the premiums the wealthy pay get too high, they will opt out of the system and buy private insurance, which would essentially undercut support for Medicare by turning it into a welfare programme.
Back in 1994, three friends in Montreal - Shane Smith, Suroosh Alvi and Gavin McInnes - bought out Voice of Montreal, a magazine funded by the Canadian government as part of a welfare programme to provide work and promote community service.
India will implement a welfare programme next year to provide cheap food to 800 million people that was likely to contravene WTO rules curbing farm subsidies to 10% of production.
We are asking for a state benefit of 3,500 bolivianos (around $500) for people with severe disabilities, and for a welfare programme to improve opportunities in areas of education, health, employment and housing.
Lula owes his comeback to an economic rebound (powered in part by public spending), to the launch of a welfare programme that provides a basic income to 36m people a fifth of Brazil's population and to the absence of hard evidence that he personally orchestrated the mensalão.
Support for victims of abuse Ms. Perry ended her visit by meeting with child victims of abuse who are receiving psychosocial support through a social welfare programme assisted by UNICEF, followed by a visit to the Tamatave Youth Centre, where teenagers had prepared special performances for her.
Bolsa Familia is a social welfare programme that provides financial aid to poor families.
The Taipei city senior medical check-up programme is a governmental welfare programme provided to people who are aged 65 or older and who have been registered residents in Taipei city for more than 1 year.
Actions have included community meetings and discussions, better communication with children, more participation of children in community events, identifying vulnerable children, and even taking ownership of a child welfare programme that had previously been ignored.
36 Although these improvements are substantial in themselves, even more important is the potential for these risk factors to interact with the behavioural risk factors in adulthood, resulting in a major amplification in the risk difference. 1 34 The intervention in this study was given within the framework of a public welfare programme.
