public assistance
Example Sentences
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My question is whether that additional income would make him ineligible for SSI, assuming he would even agree to apply for public assistance in the first place.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Unforeseen events could eventually leave them dependent on public assistance, re-creating the kind of poverty that Social Security was designed to prevent after the Great Depression.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Much of the evidence circulating online about Haredi dependence on public assistance comes from reporting I helped produce as founder of the activist organization Yaffed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
According to the National Association of Counties, 40 percent of home health aides live in low-income neighborhoods and rely on some form of public assistance; 30 percent of them are on Medicaid themselves.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025
She called the welfare department to have the family’s public assistance cut off, and then reported the violation to the Housing Authority, starting the eviction process.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
