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governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
she lives on welfare
How To Use public assistance In A Sentence
- He's embarrassed to be receiving public assistance.
- In the United States unemployment insurance, accident compensation and public assistance underwent no major changes.
- Trusts have long been used to hold assets that would otherwise disqualify the heir from public assistance.
- As a result, his finances became depleted, he was unable to pay his rent and had to leave his town house and move to very modest accommodation, and at one stage was forced to go on public assistance.
- In contrast to all other social welfare policies, public assistance programmes for the poor are the most controversial.
- It has been a hard slog for educationally ambitious single mothers receiving public assistance since welfare was reformed in 1996.
- Members not on public assistance began to help those who were. Christianity Today
- The family lived in public housing and scraped by on public assistance.
- They must pay taxes that support public assistance for injured workers sc rewed out of their benefits. Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
- In contrast to all other social welfare policies, public assistance programmes for the poor are the most controversial.
