Addiction prevention & treatment | Air quality monitoring and improvement |
Animal shelters | Building permits & inspections |
Child protective services | Childcare services |
Community development | Community facilities |
Consumer protection | Courts |
Cycling infrastructure | Disability services |
Disaster relief | Early childhood education |
Education services | Emergency medical services (EMS) |
Emergency shelters | Employment services |
Environmental cleanup | Environmental protection |
Firefighting | Food assistance programs |
Healthcare | Historical preservation |
Housing assistance | Law enforcement |
Legal aid | Libraries |
Mental health services | Monetary authorities |
Museums | National defense |
Nature reserves | Parks |
Postal services | Public accountability & transparency services |
Public assistance | Public cybersecurity and data protection |
Public health | Public infrastructure |
Public land administration | Public parking |
Public safety | Public sanitation |
Public space | Public transportation |
Recreation facilities | Retirement homes |
Roads & sidewalks | Safety inspections |
Schools | Senior care facilities |
Senior citizen services | Social security |
Social welfare | Traffic management |
Unemployment benefits | Universities & colleges |
Urban planning | Veterans' services |
Vocational training programs | Waste management |
Water supply & treatment | Youth employment programs |
Social Services
Services that aim to support the basic needs of individuals and communities. These are typically provided by both governments and non-profits often in some type of partnership or cooperative process.
Public Infrastructure
Public infrastructure are foundational services that are deemed as important to the stability, quality of life and economy of a nation, region or city.
City Services
Services commonly provided by local governments such as cities, towns or townships.
Government Services
The functions of government can be viewed as public services that support the goals of a society in areas such as justice, economic growth and quality of life.
Summary
Public services are services that are offered by a government or regulated by a government in the interests of the public good. This includes hard infrastructure such as roads and soft infrastructure such as universities or hospitals. The functions of government such as courts can also be viewed as public services.
| Overview: Public Services | ||
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Definition | Services offered or controlled by a government. | |
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