public assistance
noun
: government aid to needy, aged, or disabled persons and to dependent children
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Others may have moved in with new families or, like Flowers, been forced to go out on their own, relying on public assistance the shelter system while their former caregivers collect the checks.
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Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
Decades later, Pentagon changes course Yeager told ABC News that some of his members are on public assistance and are often working other jobs to try and make ends meet.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 3 May 2024
The bill defines affordability as charging no more than $40 a month with a minimum speed requirement of 25 megabits per second for downloads and 3 megabits per second for uploads for people with certain incomes or those who use qualifying public assistance programs.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2024
The reason is straightforward: the Hispanic population is disproportionately dependent on public assistance (22 percent have received food stamps, for example, as compared with 15 percent of non-Hispanic whites).
—David Frum, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
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Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
Decades later, Pentagon changes course Yeager told ABC News that some of his members are on public assistance and are often working other jobs to try and make ends meet.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 3 May 2024
The bill defines affordability as charging no more than $40 a month with a minimum speed requirement of 25 megabits per second for downloads and 3 megabits per second for uploads for people with certain incomes or those who use qualifying public assistance programs.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2024
The reason is straightforward: the Hispanic population is disproportionately dependent on public assistance (22 percent have received food stamps, for example, as compared with 15 percent of non-Hispanic whites).
—David Frum, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
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“Public assistance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20assistance. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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