# Assistance

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**Assistance** is an act of [helping behavior](/source/Helping_behavior).

**Assistance** may also refer to:

## Types of help

- [Aid](/source/Aid), in international relations, a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another
- [Assistance dog](/source/Assistance_dog), a dog trained to aid or assist a person with a disability
- [Consular assistance](/source/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](/source/Development_assistance), financial aid given to support the development of developing countries
- [Directory assistance](/source/Directory_assistance), a phone service used to find out a specific telephone number and/or address
- [Financial assistance (disambiguation)](/source/Financial_assistance_(disambiguation)), multiple forms
- [General Assistance](/source/General_Assistance), in the United States, welfare programs that benefit adults without dependents
- [Humanitarian assistance](/source/Humanitarian_assistance), material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes
- [Judicial assistance](/source/Judicial_assistance), admittance and enforcement of a judicial order by a court from one jurisdiction to a court in another jurisdiction
- [Operation Assistance](/source/Operation_Assistance), military support to the civil authorities during the flooding of the Red River in April and May 1997
- [Operator assistance](/source/Operator_assistance), a service to assist the calling party placing a telephone call
- [Roadside assistance](/source/Roadside_assistance), a service that provides assistance to motorists, or bicyclists, whose vehicles have suffered a mechanical failure
- [Social assistance](/source/Social_assistance), welfare
- [Travel assistance](/source/Travel_assistance), a service which provides help, primarily in medical emergencies during travel
- [User assistance](/source/User_assistance), guided assistance to a user of a software product
- [Virtual assistance](/source/Virtual_assistant_(occupation)), a service by independent entrepreneurs who work remotely and use technology to deliver services to clients globally
- [Wind assistance](/source/Wind_assistance), a term in track and field, which refers to the wind level during a race or event
- [Windows Remote Assistance](/source/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](/source/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](/source/American_Student_Assistance), a non-profit organization whose mission is to help students successfully complete the financing and repayment of higher education
- [Civil Assistance](/source/Civil_Assistance), 1970s British civil defence group
- [Polish Assistance](/source/Polish_Assistance), also known as "Bratnia Pomoc", is a charitable foundation based in New York City

## Other uses

- [*Assistance* (play)](/source/Assistance_(play)), a 2008 play written by Leslye Headland
- [Assistance Bay](/source/Assistance_Bay), a small bay forming the head of Possession Bay
- [HMS *Assistance*](/source/HMS_Assistance), a ship

## See also

- [Aide (disambiguation)](/source/Aide_(disambiguation))
- [Assist (disambiguation)](/source/Assist_(disambiguation))
- [Assistant (disambiguation)](/source/Assistant_(disambiguation))
- [Help (disambiguation)](/source/Help_(disambiguation))

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