Assistance

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Assistance may 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

See also

• Aide (disambiguation)
• Assist (disambiguation)
• Assistant (disambiguation)
• Help (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Assistance"
• All pages with a title containing Assistance