public assistance

Scope Note

Tax-supported agencies for the administration and dispensing of relief; categorical aid (e.g., grants to needy mothers, invalids, crippled children, dependent old people); unemployment relief (e.g., doles, public works programs); public welfare policies; justifications of public welfare as opposed to private relief; etc.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 740 health and welfare

Related Terms

• 464 labor supply and employment
• 653 public works
• 657 public welfare
• 730 social problems