cash aid
Direct financial help
Cash aid is direct financial assistance given to individuals or households, typically by governments or relief organizations.
Unlike in-kind aid such as food stamps or housing vouchers, cash aid lets recipients decide how to spend the money: The program provides cash aid to families below the poverty line.
The term appears in discussions of welfare policy and disaster relief.
- financial assistanceMonetary help for needs
- reliefEasing of distress
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- means testedRequiring proof of poverty
- subsidyFinancial assistance from government
grant · handout · no strings attached · emergency funds · rainy day fund · stimulus · bailout · donation · charity · helping hand · benefits · support · direct deposit · poverty · needy · making ends meet · living wage · bread and butter
- benefitsadvantage, healthcare coverage, dental insurance, benefit, health screening
- assistance programsfood stamps, welfare checks, TANF, Medicaid, Medicare
- public assistancefood stamps, welfare office, public housing, disability benefits, unemployment benefits
- social aidpublic welfare, social services, assistance programs, safety net, social safety net
- welfarewelfare, welfare reform, welfare system, SNAP benefits, public assistance
- relief suppliesblankets, food, medicine, clean water, bottled water
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Redeemable credit documents
food stamps · housing vouchers · food aid · loans · microloans
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Borrowed money arrangements
debt financing · credit · microloans · subsidized loans · lines of credit
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Compulsory government revenue collection
confiscation · asset seizure · levies · tribute · debt collection
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