financial assistance
Help with money
Financial assistance is money or resources provided to help someone meet expenses they couldn't otherwise afford.
The term appears in contexts ranging from college tuition to disaster relief: She applied for financial assistance to cover her medical bills.
Government programs, employers, and charitable organizations all offer various forms of financial assistance—grants, loans, subsidies, or direct payments.
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- fellowshipsScholarly funding awards
- subsidiesFinancial aid from government
- microfinanceSmall loans for poor entrepreneurs
- government agenciesState-run administrative bodies
tax credits · loans · payment plan · bursaries · small businesses · scholarships · student loans · need-based aid · vouchers · stipends · refugee assistance · application forms · relief · non-profits · repayment schedules · state aid · means tested · eligibility criteria
- support servicestherapy, counseling, tutoring, mentoring, coaching
- Family Servicesfamily counseling, family therapy, child care assistance, childcare, parenting classes
- HIV servicestesting centers, rapid testing, treatment, PrEP, anonymous testing
- hospice carehospice, hospice care, hospice doctor, hospice aide, hospice volunteer
- EU-ACP Aidpartnership agreement, development aid
- farm subsidiesfarm subsidies, crop subsidies, farm support, direct payments, support payments
financial assistanceextortion
Obtaining through threats
predatory lending · financial burden · theft · usury · loan sharking
financial assistancefinancial burden
Costly ongoing obligation
financial hardship · financial ruin · impoverishment · economic hardship · financial strain
financial assistancefinancial independence
Wealth sustaining indefinite living
self-sufficiency · financial autonomy · self-funding · bootstrapping · going it alone