Governmental or Regulatory Activity
public assistance
pub·lic as·sis·tance
Subclass of:
Financing, Government
Definitions related to public assistance:
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Financial assistance administered to impoverished persons for the essentials of living administered through federal, state or local government programs.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Financial assistance to impoverished persons for the essentials of living through federal, state or local government programs.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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