They are more likely to get pregnant earlier, to abuse drugs and alcohol, and to use more social services. (wacharterschools.org)
In Albany on Tuesday, a slew of progressive groups stood on the steps of the Capitol to hold a prebuttal to Wednesday's State of the State address and called for an increase in taxes to fund more social service programs. (fiscalpolicy.org)
If you want to refer to things as nanny states, then the place you go in Europe is not the southern tier — Portugal, Spain and Italy; the place you go are Germany and Scandinavia, because they provide more social services to their people than anybody else. (truth-out.org)