public assistance

Examples of public assistance in the following topics:

• The Lower Class

  • Those who do not participate in the labor force, and who rely on public assistance, such as food stamps and welfare checks, as their main source of income, are commonly identified as members of the underclass, or, colloquially, the poor.
  • The poverty line is defined as the income level at which an individual becomes eligible for public assistance.

• Government Assistance Programs

  • Federal assistance is defined as any program that directly assists the public in areas, such as education, health, and public welfare.
  • Public welfare, such as the temporary aid to needy families (TANF) program, is a major form of federal assistance that provides food and income to families in poverty.
  • An example of an agency that oversees the administration of federal assistance is the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which uses grants to provide public affordable housing.
  • In the United States, federal assistance is defined as any federal program, project, service, or activity provided by the federal government that directly assists or benefits the American public in the areas of education, health, public safety, public welfare, and public works, among others.
  • In the U.S., the Department of Housing and Urban Development administers many government assistance programs, most notably federal public housing.

• The Graying of America

  • This poses an economic conundrum in that the population is increasingly reliant on public services for assistance, such as healthcare, but there is a smaller workforce that can be taxed to support the demand.

• Aging and Wealth

  • In order to assist the elderly with their living and healthcare costs, the U.S. government established assistance programs like Medicare.
  • The baby boomer generation, those born in the 20 years following World War II, is starting to reach senior citizenship and pull from these public funds.
  • The act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, provides a public insurance option through the government to help drive down insurance costs.
  • Examine the programs made available to the elderly to assist with quality of life, such as Social Security and Medicare, and the looming crises with these particular programs

• Applying Knowledge

  • CARE International assists the world's poor in their efforts to achieve social and economic well-being.

• Preface

  • While this text is not a user's guide to UCINET (which has excellent documentation in its help files), it may be of assistance to users working with that particular software package.

• Global Crime

  • These include the creation of domestic criminal offences to combat the problem, and the adoption of new, sweeping frameworks for mutual legal assistance, extradition, law-enforcement cooperation and technical assistance and training.

• The "Sandwich Generation" and Elder Care

  • This broad term encompasses such services as assisted living, adult day care, long-term care, nursing homes, hospice care, and in-home care.
  • Unfortunately, the majority of elderly people gradually lose functioning ability and require either additional assistance in the home or a move to an eldercare facility.

• Social Security Legislation

  • European nations generally have more robust programs to assist needy citizens than the United States.
  • La sécu and other social security programs provide welfare benefits for all of a country's residents while social security in the United States assists the nation's elderly citizens.
  • The social welfare programs of the New Deal were the first time the federal government in the United States took action to provide assistance for the elderly.

• Gender

  • The check-up was part of the 2008 humanitarian-civic assistance mission Continuing Promise (CP).