What societal ills are social welfare programs designed to address?

Explanation: Social welfare program are the variety of governmental programs which are designed to protect the citizens from economic risks and the insecurities of the life.

The programs provide the benefits to elderly or retired, sick survivors, mothers, unemployed, work-injured, and families.

Need-based programs are the programs that provide at least minimal standard of the living for the people who are in dire straits and also to provide different opportunities to improve fate of these people in life.