public assistance
Example Sentences
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When older people cannot support themselves, the costs don’t disappear — they shift to their adult children, their grandchildren, public assistance programs and communities, she said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Budget analysts have identified five categories that are driving up city spending: rental assistance, public assistance, the school system, city employee overtime and payments to the state-operated transit system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Meanwhile, low-income households that are eligible for public assistance with their home heating bills may not get that help until late December — after cold-weather demand begins.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025
Detectives are asking for public assistance to help locate the 5-foot-7, 104-pound suspect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
Bridey Hannon told Mam that Mrs. Meagher is in a constant state of shame over the rags they wear and so desperate she goes down to the Dispensary for the public assistance.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
