needy family
collocation in Englishmeaningsofneedyandfamily
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needy
adjective
uk/ˈniː.di/us/ˈniː.di/
poor and not having enough food, ...
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family
noun
uk/ˈfæm.əl.i/us/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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(Definition ofneedyandfamilyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In other words, the subsidy should he for theneedyfamilyand not for the dwelling.
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For this reason the poor,needyfamilywould necessarily be charged.
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That would benefit theneedyfamilymore effectively.
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The skills, training, and reliability of home visitors is directly tied to the quality and consistency of the services provided needy families.
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Each of these diverse services falls under the rubric of "social support," but they constitute very different constellations of support to needy families.
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The only really needy families to receive were kin, who were categorically in exchange relationships.
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What is the frequency of contact with a home visitor, and duration of services, that best serves needy families?
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During the past decade, home visitation programs have become the most enthusiastically recognized avenue of social support to needy families.
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Roosevelt's first response was to extend immediate cash relief to millions of needy families and create 38.
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Volunteer work among needy families and children, impossible for male volunteers, becomes a marker of female morality as well as modernity within the broader world of international aid organizations.
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A partial basic income or a citizen's income could effectively support needy families.
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These arrangements are designed to ensure that help is targeted on the most needy families.
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Is it rubbish to say that under present regulations for fuel costs help, many needy families are left without help?
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For needy families in work we have doubled the family income supplement, with the result that about 11,000 more families are now entitled to it.
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In addition, needy families with children will be given extra help through family income supplement and the child benefit addition for lone parents.
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Certainly it will not help all needy families.
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Every pound that is spent fraudulently, particularly to landlords, is a pound not available for housing benefit to other needy families.
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There are no unemployment benefits as such, but public assistance for needy families and individuals is extended on a means test.
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Will he, however, acknowledge that there have been difficulties in giving help to the most needy families by targeting family credit?
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