Industries in the Social Assistance subsector provide a wide variety of social assistance services directly to their clients. These services do not include residential or accommodation services, except on a short stay basis.
See industry description for 624110 below.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing nonresidential social assistance services for children and youth. These establishments provide for the welfare of children in such areas as adoption and foster care, drug prevention, life skills training, and positive social development.
Illustrative Examples:
Adoption agencies Youth centers (except recreational only) Child guidance organizations Youth self-help organizations Foster care placement services
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
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| 624110 | 624110 | 624110 | Adoption agencies |
| 624110 | 624110 | 624110 | Adoption services, child |
| 624110 | 624110 | 624110 | Aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) |
| 624110 | 624110 | 624110 | Child guidance agencies |
| 624110 | 624110 | 624110 | Child welfare services |
| 624110 | 624110 | 624110 | Community centers (except recreational only), youth |
| 624110 | 624110 | 624110 | Foster care placement agencies |
| 624110 | 624110 | 624110 | Foster home placement services |
| 624110 | 624110 | 624110 | Self-help organizations, youth |
| 624110 | 624110 | 624110 | Teen outreach services |
| 624110 | 624110 | 624110 | Youth centers (except recreational only) |
| 624110 | 624110 | 624110 | Youth guidance organizations |
| 624110 | 624110 | 624110 | Youth self-help organizations |
See industry description for 624120 below.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing nonresidential social assistance services to improve the quality of life for the elderly, persons diagnosed with mental retardation, or persons with disabilities. These establishments provide for the welfare of these individuals in such areas as day care, nonmedical home care or homemaker services, social activities, group support, and companionship.
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
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| 624120 | 624120 | 624120 | Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with mental retardation |
| 624120 | 624120 | 624120 | Centers, senior citizens' |
| 624120 | 624120 | 624120 | Community centers (except recreational only), adult |
| 624120 | 624120 | 624120 | Companion services for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with mental retardation |
| 624120 | 624120 | 624120 | Day care centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with mental retardation |
| 624120 | 624120 | 624120 | Day care centers, adult |
| 624120 | 624120 | 624120 | Disability support groups |
| 624120 | 624120 | 624120 | Home care of elderly, non-medical |
| 624120 | 624120 | 624120 | Homemaker's service for elderly or disabled persons, non-medical |
| 624120 | 624120 | 624120 | Self-help organizations for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with mental retardation |
| 624120 | 624120 | 624120 | Senior citizens activity centers |
| 624120 | 624120 | 624120 | Senior citizens centers |
See industry description for 624190 below.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing nonresidential individual and family social assistance services (except those specifically directed toward children, the elderly, persons diagnosed with mental retardation, or persons with disabilities).
Illustrative Examples:
Community action services agencies Marriage counseling services (except by offices of mental health practitioners) Crisis intervention centers Multipurpose social services centers Family social services agencies Self-help organizations (except for disabled persons, the elderly, persons diagnosed with mental retardation) Family welfare services Suicide crisis centers Hotline centers Telephone counseling services
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
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| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Alcoholism and drug addiction self-help organizations |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Alcoholism counseling (except medical treatment), nonresidential |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Alcoholism self-help organizations |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Community action service agencies |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Counseling services |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Crisis intervention centers |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Drug addiction self-help organizations |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Exoffender rehabilitation agencies |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Exoffender self-help organizations |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Family social service agencies |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Family welfare services |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Hotline centers |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Individual and family social services, multi-purpose |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Marriage counseling services (except by offices of mental health practitioners) |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Mediation, social service, family, agencies |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Multiservice centers, neighborhood |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Offender self-help organizations |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Parenting support services |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Parole offices, privately operated |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Probation offices, privately operated |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Rape crisis centers |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Referral services for personal and social problems |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Rehabilitation agencies for offenders |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Self-help organizations (except for disabled persons, the elderly, persons diagnosed with mental retardation) |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Social service agencies, family |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Social service centers, multipurpose |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Suicide crisis centers |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Support group services |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Telephone counseling services |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Travelers' aid centers |
| 624190 | 624190 | 624190 | Welfare service centers, multi-program |
See industry description for 624210 below.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the collection, preparation, and delivery of food for the needy. Establishments in this industry may also distribute clothing and blankets to the poor. These establishments may prepare and deliver meals to persons who by reason of age, disability, or illness are unable to prepare meals for themselves; collect and distribute salvageable or donated food; or prepare and provide meals at fixed or mobile locations. Food banks, meal delivery programs, and soup kitchens are included in this industry.
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| 624210 | 624210 | 624210 | Community meals, social services |
| 624210 | 624210 | 624210 | Food banks |
| 624210 | 624210 | 624210 | Meal delivery programs |
| 624210 | 624210 | 624210 | Mobile soup kitchens |
| 624210 | 624210 | 624210 | Soup kitchens |
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing one or more of the following community housing services: (1) short term emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or child abuse; (2) temporary residential shelter for the homeless, runaway youths, and patients and families caught in medical crises; (3) transitional housing for low-income individuals and families; (4) volunteer construction or repair of low cost housing, in partnership with the homeowner who may assist in construction or repair work; and (5) repair of homes for elderly or disabled homeowners. These establishments may operate their own shelter; or may subsidize housing using existing homes, apartments, hotels, or motels; or may require a low-cost mortgage or work (sweat) equity.
Central offices of government housing programs are classified in Industry 92511, Administration of Housing Programs.
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing (1) short term emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or child abuse and/or (2) temporary residential shelter for homeless individuals or families, runaway youth, and patients and families caught in medical crises. These establishments may operate their own shelters or may subsidize housing using existing homes, apartments, hotels, or motels.
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in providing emergency shelter for victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts are classified in Industry 624230, Emergency and Other Relief Services.
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| 624221 | 624221 | 624221 | Battered women's shelters |
| 624221 | 624221 | 624221 | Emergency shelters (except for victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts) |
| 624221 | 624221 | 624221 | Homeless shelters |
| 624221 | 624221 | 624221 | Runaway youth shelters |
| 624221 | 624221 | 624221 | Shelters (except for victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts), emergency |
| 624221 | 624221 | 624221 | Shelters, battered women's |
| 624221 | 624221 | 624221 | Shelters, homeless |
| 624221 | 624221 | 624221 | Shelters, runaway youth |
| 624221 | 624221 | 624221 | Shelters, temporary (e.g., battered women's, homeless, runaway youth) |
| 624221 | 624221 | 624221 | Temporary housing for families of medical patients |
| 624221 | 624221 | 624221 | Temporary shelters (e.g., battered women's, homeless, runaway youth) |
| 624221 | 624221 | 624221 | Women's shelters, battered |
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing one or more of the following community housing services: (1) transitional housing to low-income individuals and families; (2) volunteer construction or repair of low-cost housing, in partnership with the homeowner who may assist in the construction or repair work; and (3) the repair of homes for elderly or disabled homeowners. These establishments may subsidize housing using existing homes, apartments, hotels, or motels or may require a low-cost mortgage or sweat equity. These establishments may also provide low-income families with furniture and household supplies.
Central offices of government housing programs are classified in Industry 925110, Administration of Housing Programs.
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| 624229 | 624229 | 624229 | Energy assistance programs |
| 624229 | 624229 | 624229 | Home construction organizations, work (sweat) equity |
| 624229 | 624229 | 624229 | Housing assistance agencies |
| 624229 | 624229 | 624229 | Housing repair organizations, volunteer |
| 624229 | 624229 | 624229 | Transitional housing agencies |
| 624229 | 624229 | 624229 | Volunteer housing repair organizations |
| 624229 | 624229 | 624229 | Work (sweat) equity home construction organizations |
See industry description for 624230 below.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing food, shelter, clothing, medical relief, resettlement, and counseling to victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts (e.g., wars).
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| 624230 | 624230 | 624230 | Disaster relief services |
| 624230 | 624230 | 624230 | Emergency relief services |
| 624230 | 624230 | 624230 | Emergency shelters for victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts |
| 624230 | 624230 | 624230 | Immigrant resettlement services |
| 624230 | 624230 | 624230 | Refugee settlement services |
| 624230 | 624230 | 624230 | Relief services, disaster |
| 624230 | 624230 | 624230 | Relief services, emergency |
| 624230 | 624230 | 624230 | Shelters for victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts, emergency |
See industry description for 624310 below.
This industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in providing vocational rehabilitation or habilitation services, such as job counseling, job training, and work experience, to unemployed and underemployed persons, persons with disabilities, and persons who have a job market disadvantage because of lack of education, job skill, or experience and (2) establishments primarily engaged in providing training and employment to persons with disabilities. Vocational rehabilitation job training facilities (except schools) and sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) are included in this industry.
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
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| 624310 | 624310 | 624310 | Habilitation job counseling and training, vocational |
| 624310 | 624310 | 624310 | Job counseling, vocational rehabilitation or habilitation |
| 624310 | 624310 | 624310 | Job training, vocational rehabilitation or habilitation |
| 624310 | 624310 | 624310 | Rehabilitation job counseling and training, vocational |
| 624310 | 624310 | 624310 | Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) |
| 624310 | 624310 | 624310 | Vocational habilitation job counseling |
| 624310 | 624310 | 624310 | Vocational habilitation job training facilities (except schools) |
| 624310 | 624310 | 624310 | Vocational rehabilitation agencies |
| 624310 | 624310 | 624310 | Vocational rehabilitation job counseling |
| 624310 | 624310 | 624310 | Vocational rehabilitation job training facilities (except schools) |
| 624310 | 624310 | 624310 | Vocational rehabilitation or habilitation services (e.g., job counseling, job training, work experience) |
| 624310 | 624310 | 624310 | Work experience centers (i.e., sheltered workshops) |
| 624310 | 624310 | 624310 | Workshops for persons with disabilities |
See industry description for 624410 below.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing day care of infants or children. These establishments generally care for preschool children, but may care for older children when they are not in school and may also offer pre-kindergarten educational programs.
Illustrative Examples:
Child day care babysitting services Nursery schools Child or infant day care centers Preschool centers
Cross-References.
Establishments primarily engaged in offering kindergarten educational programs are
classified in
Industry 611110, Elementary and Secondary Schools.
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| 624410 | 624410 | 624410 | Babysitting services in provider's own home, child day care |
| 624410 | 624410 | 624410 | Babysitting services, child day care |
| 624410 | 624410 | 624410 | Child day care centers |
| 624410 | 624410 | 624410 | Child day care services |
| 624410 | 624410 | 624410 | Child day care services in provider's own home |
| 624410 | 624410 | 624410 | Child day care, before or after school, separate from schools |
| 624410 | 624410 | 624410 | Day care centers, child or infant |
| 624410 | 624410 | 624410 | Day care services, child or infant |
| 624410 | 624410 | 624410 | Group day care centers, child or infant |
| 624410 | 624410 | 624410 | Head start programs, separate from schools |
| 624410 | 624410 | 624410 | Infant day care centers |
| 624410 | 624410 | 624410 | Infant day care services |
| 624410 | 624410 | 624410 | Nursery schools |
| 624410 | 624410 | 624410 | Pre-kindergarten centers (except part of elementary school system) |
| 624410 | 624410 | 624410 | Preschool centers |
