Assistance is an act of helping behavior. Assistance may also 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

Types of help

Groups and organizations

Other uses

See also