Social welfare (Romanian: ajutor social) in Romania is coordinated by the Romanian Ministry of Labor, Family and Social Protection. The system is funded from the state budget.[1] There are roughly fifty types of welfare a Romanian citizen can receive.[2] In 2015, it was estimated that 7 million Romanians receive some form of welfare benefits.[3] In 2017, the budget granted for social welfare at the ministerial level was of 35.71 billion lei (€8.5 billion).[4]