president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said in a press release. “…it just restores windfalls for folks who have other government pensions. What an incredulous set of events.”…In short: By allowing public
Understanding the economic position and receipt of government assistance among sexual minorities is important for several reasons. First, sexual minorities comprise a large and increasing share of the American population, and sexual minorities have gained much-needed recognition in public policy. Yet, the...
Employees are also affected by privatisation, with some service providers facing internalised conflicts over their roles. For over a century in Australia, faith-based organisations have traditionally provided welfare services to disadvantaged populations. However, interviews with faith-based service providers...
Social services and employment and training have a mix of mandatory spending (much of it coming from the broadbased Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant) and discretionary funding. Energy assistance is entirely discretionary. Of the estimated $1.078 trillion spent by the ...
Australia. All over the world, initiatives are being proposed at various levels of government to attract institutional investors into the private rent sector. Pilot schemes are being used to understand the asset and as an avenue for creating the necessary structures and systems. Holistically, there ...
In addition to using grassland as their basic capital goods, the emigrants received technical and financial assistance from the local government to support dairy production. The government offers loan guarantees so households can access low-interest loans from local banks to alleviate the financial ...
Government assistance in the form of food stamps does help but, as one homeless man explains, you can’t pay the rent with food stamps.With no money for rent, the streets and homeless shelters become the alternative.Although men make up the largest group within the homeless population, ...
This changing demography has significant implications for the basis upon which local governments currently receive population-oriented financial assistance from the State. The paper argues that the use of 'own state' comparisons as the basis of this assistance is inequitable; that while this methodology...
and subsidies for senior citizens’ homes. State agencies provide assistance to single parents, those whose spouses are in prison, homelessyouths, handicapped persons, and neglected or abandoned children. It also maintains homes for delinquent children and wards of the state, women’s shelters, neigh...
The eighth one is online assistance services by relatives or friends. This is for children, elderly and others who have difficulties using NIA's mobile platform yet need to make relevant applications online. Chinese and foreign users can add the foreigners in need of assistance as the applicants...