public assistance
noun
: government aid to needy, aged, or disabled persons and to dependent children
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For decades, Social Security narrowly defined a public assistance household as one where every person in the home had to receive some form of public assistance.
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Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
The prosecutor, Alexandra Grayner, said she was reassigned from her role pursing public assistance fraud cases after sounding the alarm early last year about how those cases were being handled.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
But hazard mitigation projects, long-term rebuilding and large swaths of public assistance funding would slow or stop altogether.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The federal decision blocks access to critical FEMA public assistance for affected communities, as well as statewide hazard mitigation support.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
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Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
The prosecutor, Alexandra Grayner, said she was reassigned from her role pursing public assistance fraud cases after sounding the alarm early last year about how those cases were being handled.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
But hazard mitigation projects, long-term rebuilding and large swaths of public assistance funding would slow or stop altogether.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The federal decision blocks access to critical FEMA public assistance for affected communities, as well as statewide hazard mitigation support.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Public assistance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20assistance. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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