Collocations for welfare - noun

animal, child, community, family, human, personal
people concerned about child welfare

general, public

improve, promote
The government's policies will promote the welfare of all citizens.

state
social

collect, receive (both AmE)
leave (AmE)
financial incentives to leave welfare

state
the provision of services such as health through the welfare state

agency, authorities, department, office (esp. AmE), programme/program, provision, services, system
rolls (AmE)
The government is trying to move more people off the welfare rolls into work.

officer (BrE), worker
benefits, payments
lone parents living on welfare benefits

check (AmE)
The welfare check never went far enough.

budget, costs, spending
cuts
policy, reform
recipient
mother (AmE)
fraud
The new government promised to clamp down on welfare fraud.

dependency

on welfare (esp. AmE)
the number of families on welfare