welfare assistance
State-provided support
Welfare assistance is government aid provided to people with low income or other qualifying hardships.
The term covers programs that supply cash payments, food assistance, housing subsidies, or healthcare to those who meet eligibility requirements.
She applied for welfare assistance after losing her job.
Often shortened to simply welfare.
- safety netProtection against failure
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- government aidState-funded public support
- MedicaidPublic health coverage for poor
- food stampsSubsidized grocery purchasing vouchers
counseling · job training programs · disability support · elder care · subsidies · legal aid · helping hand · mental health services · housing programs · meal programs · basic needs · stipends · unemployment benefits · tax credits · childcare services · food banks · vouchers · scholarships
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Giving to the needy
mutual aid · foundation grants · crowdfunding · GoFundMe · philanthropy
welfare assistanceself-sufficiency
Independence from outside aid
self-reliance · earned income · financial independence · working for a living · personal responsibility
welfare assistancerugged individualism
Philosophy of personal independence
workfare · trickle-down economics · austerity · Reaganomics · laissez-faire economics
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