federal assistance
State-provided support
Federal assistance is money, services, or resources provided by a national government to states, localities, organizations, or individuals.
The term appears most often in American contexts: disaster relief, student loans, food stamps, and grants to local governments all constitute federal assistance.
The county applied for federal assistance after the flooding.
Recipients typically must meet eligibility requirements or use funds for specified purposes.
- government aidState-funded public support
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- MedicaidPublic health coverage for poor
- safety netProtection against failure
- loansBorrowed money arrangements
student loans · highway funds · food stamps · bailouts · tax credits · subsidies · revenue sharing · unemployment benefits · housing vouchers · Pell Grants · Title I · Social Security · debt relief · FEMA · emergency funds · SNAP · Section 8 · stimulus packages
- disabilitydisability rights, disability culture, disability activism, disability services, disability identity
- veteran benefitsVA benefits, VA loans, veteran benefits, GI Bill, disability benefits
- blind serviceswhite cane, Louis Braille, guide dog, guide dogs, braille alphabet
federal assistanceself-reliance
Depending on oneself alone
charitable giving · personal savings · self-sufficiency · corporate giving · mutual aid
federal assistanceself-reliance
Depending on oneself alone
self-sufficiency · independence · pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps · rugged individualism · going it alone
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