public assistance
noun
: government aid to needy, aged, or disabled persons and to dependent children
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The county is also adding funding and staff for departments providing behavioral health care, medical services, child welfare services, public assistance and homelessness programs, officials said. 
Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2022 Support for free education, and the expansion of public assistance and Medicare availability to all. Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2022 Another bill that could pass out of the Senate quickly is House Bill 7, which would significantly tighten rules on eligibility for public assistance benefits like federal food stamps and Medicaid. Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2022 The city also offers a subsidized rate of 50 cents per ride for qualifying low-income Newton residents who are on public assistance. John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022 Within weeks, a federal judge ordered that the moms and kids whom Nevada had slashed from public assistance would have their benefits reinstated. Eli Hager, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2021 Rachel stopped leaving the house and eventually went on public assistance. Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022 Many marginalized people happen to be women, including low-income mothers, for whom the mere act of applying for public assistance can subject them to presumptions of criminal intent. Nora Mcdonald, Chron, 16 May 2022 The Mobile Police Department said today its detectives are investigating a possible kidnapping, according to Corporal Katrina H. Frazier. Police asked for public assistance in locating Marlene French, who was last seen with Dominque Thornton. al, 10 Apr. 2022 See More
Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2022 Support for free education, and the expansion of public assistance and Medicare availability to all. Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2022 Another bill that could pass out of the Senate quickly is House Bill 7, which would significantly tighten rules on eligibility for public assistance benefits like federal food stamps and Medicaid. Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2022 The city also offers a subsidized rate of 50 cents per ride for qualifying low-income Newton residents who are on public assistance. John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022 Within weeks, a federal judge ordered that the moms and kids whom Nevada had slashed from public assistance would have their benefits reinstated. Eli Hager, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2021 Rachel stopped leaving the house and eventually went on public assistance. Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022 Many marginalized people happen to be women, including low-income mothers, for whom the mere act of applying for public assistance can subject them to presumptions of criminal intent. Nora Mcdonald, Chron, 16 May 2022 The Mobile Police Department said today its detectives are investigating a possible kidnapping, according to Corporal Katrina H. Frazier. Police asked for public assistance in locating Marlene French, who was last seen with Dominque Thornton. al, 10 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1884, in the meaning defined above