How to Use public assistance in a Sentence

public assistance

noun

• One in four of this group lives on some form of public assistance.
  — Joel Kotkin, National Review, 29 Mar. 2022
• In his view, most still need some form of public assistance.
  — Greg Jefferson, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Nov. 2021
• The low wages also mean that child care workers end up on public assistance.
  — Grace Gedye, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Nov. 2021
• The idea of banning drug felons from public assistance started during the push to reform welfare in the 1990s.
  — Margaret Lombe, The Conversation, 27 May 2021
• And often there’s not a lot of public assistance available.
  — Tami Luhby, CNN, 11 July 2023
• More than 15% of the industry's workers live below the poverty line in 41 states and half need public assistance.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2021
• Among the amendments that passed with 21 votes were a requirement that the Capitol reopen to the public on May 19 and a small cut to public assistance funding.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2021
• There are fee waivers for those who earn poverty wages, and for those on public assistance, but the cutoffs don’t take into account the high cost of living here.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2021
• In terms of public assistance, expectations for the 19th edition of Seville are high.
  — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 4 Nov. 2022
• Kemp pushed laws to suspend the state gas tax, give $1 billion of state income tax refunds and even give $350 to every person in the state on public assistance.
  — Jeff Amy, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Nov. 2022
• At least half of the funds are required to go to residents who qualify for public assistance.
  — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• In public, hosts described Airbnb as a form of public assistance or a godsend second gig.
  — Molly Osberg, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2023
• Riders who are on public assistance may apply for a program that offers trips for 50 cents.
  — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2023
• A dozen years ago, Thao was a single mother receiving public assistance, not far from time spent living in her car with her young son.
  — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2022
• Of course, little gets built in this country without some public assistance.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 15 Feb. 2024
• Over 15 percent of child care workers, many of whom are women of color, live below the poverty line in 41 states, and half rely on public assistance.
  — NBC News, 15 Sep. 2021
• Xiong spent four years on the run in the Laos jungle before making his way to the United States, where many in his community were put on public assistance and taught English.
  — New York Times, 29 July 2021
• To preserve his access to public assistance, Horse resolves to make the hourlong drive to his appointment on his scooter.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 14 June 2023
• Also helping Frisco fare well, less than 1% of households (0.70%) rely on public assistance, which ranks third lowest for that metric, the study found.
  — Dallas News, 18 Oct. 2022
• Under the health budget, the state will spend $46 million more on Medicaid, while funding for public health and public assistance is held flat.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2021
• In 41 states, more than 15% of child-care workers live below the poverty line and half rely on public assistance programs, according to the report.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2021
• Biafra war and spent much of her childhood living in public assistance housing.
  — Meimei Fox, Forbes, 3 July 2022
• The pandemic shed a bright light on restaurants’ financial plight and challenges, with recent calls for public assistance and gloom-and-doom forecasts.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2020
• Rachel stopped leaving the house and eventually went on public assistance.
  — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
• Many of them were unable to return home when public transportation shut down and no public assistance had been provided for them.
  — Meenakshi Narula Ahamed, CNN, 1 May 2021
• Sponsorship ensures that parolees will not receive public assistance while in the United States.
  — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
• In many counties across the state, wages were so low that IHSS caregivers without any other income would qualify for public assistance, the audit found.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2022
• Many minimum-wage workers are forced to rely on public assistance programs, which cost the state billions.
  — Star Tribune, 25 July 2021
• The company agreed with the city to have a discount program for people who are on certain forms of public assistance, as well as a way to rent them for people who don’t have bank accounts or mobile phones.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2021
• But misfortune followed her, prompting her to want to move on: The landlord towed her car and openly admitted to not wanting to rent to a tenant on public assistance.
  — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024