public assistance
noun
: government aid to needy, aged, or disabled persons and to dependent children
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To people on public assistance — meaning, in their estimation, non-White people who live in cities.
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Philip Bump, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
Some responsibilities include overseeing grants management, managing public assistance, providing research analysis, maintaining documentation and assisting with departmental administration.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 3 July 2024
In the best-case scenario, public schools could provide special attention to students whose families have been on public assistance or investigated by child protective services as early as age 5.
—Laura Voith, The Conversation, 14 June 2024
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.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
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Philip Bump, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
Some responsibilities include overseeing grants management, managing public assistance, providing research analysis, maintaining documentation and assisting with departmental administration.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 3 July 2024
In the best-case scenario, public schools could provide special attention to students whose families have been on public assistance or investigated by child protective services as early as age 5.
—Laura Voith, The Conversation, 14 June 2024
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.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
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“Public assistance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20assistance. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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