public assistance
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Senate Bill 1387, which lawmakers passed Aug. 31, seeks to require state agencies to include a box for Jewish ethnicity on all demographic data forms, ranging from public assistance programs to college applications.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Unforeseen events could eventually leave them dependent on public assistance, re-creating the kind of poverty that Social Security was designed to prevent after the Great Depression.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Only after her plight was the centerpiece of a Las Vegas Sun article about public assistance did the welfare department set her up with a sewing class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
According to the National Association of Counties, 40 percent of home health aides live in low-income neighborhoods and rely on some form of public assistance; 30 percent of them are on Medicaid themselves.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025
It’s the place to apply for public assistance when a father is dead or disappeared and there’s no dole money, no wages.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
