food assistance
Aid for meals
Food assistance refers to programs that help people obtain food they cannot afford.
Government programs like SNAP (food stamps) and WIC provide benefits to low-income families.
Food banks and pantries offer direct distribution.
She applied for food assistance after losing her job.
The term is preferred over "food stamps" in official contexts as less stigmatizing.
- SNAPFederal nutrition assistance
- EBT cardDigital welfare payment method
- WICMaternal nutrition program
- hunger reliefAssistance for the starving
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
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- assistance programswelfare checks, TANF, Medicaid, Medicare, Section 8
- emergency aiddisaster aid, emergency aid, relief funding, relief funds, disaster relief
- support programsrehab, drug rehab, addiction recovery, counseling sessions, group therapy
- public servicespolice, police department, police station, police stations, police patrols
- social servicessocial workers, social work, social services, welfare office, case workers
- food aidsoup kitchen, soup kitchens, hunger relief, pantries, meal programs
food assistancestarvation
Extreme nutritional deprivation
famine · hunger · food insecurity · food scarcity · malnutrition