social assistance
Government help programs
Social assistance is government aid provided to individuals or families who lack sufficient income or resources to meet basic needs.
The term covers programs like welfare, food stamps, housing subsidies, and disability payments.
She applied for social assistance after losing her job.
Social assistance typically involves means testing—applicants must demonstrate financial need to qualify.
- government aidState-funded public support
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- food stampsSubsidized grocery purchasing vouchers
- food bankNonprofit distributing free groceries
- MedicaidPublic health coverage for poor
Section 8 · job training programs · housing vouchers · emergency shelters · scholarships · free clinics · unemployment benefits · meal programs · subsidies · crisis hotlines · tax credits · hardship fund · pensions · career counseling · tuition waivers · disability services · stipends · welfare checks
- social serviceswelfare office, case workers, job training, child protective services, counseling
- income supportbasic income, guaranteed income, minimum income, universal basic income, UBI
- public benefitsunemployment benefits, disability, health benefits, pension plan, welfare rights
- social benefitsdisability benefits, unemployment insurance, income support, retirement benefits, child benefit
- social welfarewelfare state, welfare checks, welfare benefits, unemployment benefits, food stamps
- Quebec agencies
social assistancephilanthropy
Generous giving for others
almsgiving · mutual aid · religious charity · crowdfunding · charitable giving
social assistanceself-sufficiency
Independence from outside aid
financial independence · self-reliance · earned income · economic independence · employment
social assistancelaissez-faire
Noninterference in commerce
laissez-faire economics · rugged individualism · austerity · bootstrapping · trickle-down economics
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