Assistance

Assistance is an act of helping behavior.

Assistance may also refer to:

Types of help

 * Aid, in international relations, a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another
 * Assistance dog, a dog trained to aid or assist a person with a disability
 * Consular assistance, help and advice provided by the diplomatic agents of a country to citizens of that country who are living or traveling overseas
 * Development assistance, financial aid given to support the development of developing countries
 * Directory assistance, a phone service used to find out a specific telephone number and/or address
 * Financial assistance (disambiguation), multiple forms
 * General Assistance, in the United States, welfare programs that benefit adults without dependents
 * Humanitarian assistance, material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes
 * Judicial assistance, admittance and enforcement of a judicial order by a court from one jurisdiction to a court in another jurisdiction
 * Operation Assistance, military support to the civil authorities during the flooding of the Red River in April and May 1997
 * Operator assistance, a service to assist the calling party placing a telephone call
 * Roadside assistance, a service that provides assistance to motorists, or bicyclists, whose vehicles have suffered a mechanical failure
 * Social assistance, welfare
 * Travel assistance, a service which provides help, primarily in medical emergencies during travel
 * User assistance, guided assistance to a user of a software product
 * Virtual assistance, a service by independent entrepreneurs who work remotely and use technology to deliver services to clients globally
 * Wind assistance, a term in track and field, which refers to the wind level during a race or event
 * Windows Remote Assistance, a feature of Windows XP and later that allows a user to temporarily view or control a remote Windows computer
 * Writ of assistance, a written order issued by a court instructing a law enforcement official to perform a certain task

Groups and organizations

 * American Student Assistance, a non-profit organization whose mission is to help students successfully complete the financing and repayment of higher education
 * Civil Assistance, 1970s British civil defence group
 * Polish Assistance, also known as "Bratnia Pomoc", is a charitable foundation based in New York City

Other uses

 * Assistance (play), a 2008 play written by Leslye Headland
 * Assistance Bay, a small bay forming the head of Possession Bay
 * HMS Assistance, a ship