Welfare (disambiguation)

Welfare may refer to:

General well-being
Examples of usage of the term to denote the general well-being of an individual or group of individuals include:
 * Well-being, what is intrinsically valuable for someone
 * Prosperity, a state of flourishing
 * Animal welfare, the quality of life of animals, and concerns thereabout

Economics

 * Welfare or economic surplus, the sum of consumer and producer surplus, used by economists as a substitute for utility
 * Welfare economics, the microeconomic study of allocative efficiency and associated income distribution

Government-run public aid
Welfare is the provision of a safety net of minimal level of well-being and social support for all citizens.

Welfare may also refer to:
 * Welfare state, the concept of government's playing a key role in individual economic and social well-being


 * Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), a federal assistance program of the United States commonly referred to simply as "Welfare"


 * Corporate welfare, term describing the bestowal of benefits upon corporations by government
 * Welfare fraud, intentional misuse of welfare programs by providing false information
 * Welfare queen, a pejorative term for a person accused of collecting excess welfare payments

Other uses

 * Welfare (1975), a film by Frederick Wiseman
 * HMS Welfare, the name of two ships of the Royal Navy, and one planned ship