The phrase "assistance has started" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that help or support has begun to be provided or is now available.
Example: "I am pleased to inform you that assistance has started for all students who need extra help with their assignments."
Alternatives: "help has commenced" or "support has begun".
By the late 1960's, a time of increasing unemployment, the Italians had started to move out, and Hispanics and blacks, many of whom were on public assistance, had started to move in.
You go take a tour of plant that" with "the assistance of Usaid has started something.
The Americans are uneasy, worried about (and perhaps jealous of) China's rapid and profitable investments throughout the continent, and the developmental assistance that it has started to provide in some areas.
Ms. Harris would soon enroll in G.E.D. classes, and with the help of the agency, she has started receiving public assistance.
An action plan, including roles and responsibilities, was prepared and approved, and FAO has started providing technical assistance and capacity building for the first certification of seed in Georgia in decades.
The Food Trust, in Philadelphia, a national leader in attacking food deserts, has started the Healthy Corner Store Initiative, which combines assistance to stores and health education in Philadelphia schools.
Here in Mali, a Dutch entrepreneur, Hugo Verkuijl, has started a company with the backing of investors and assistance from the Dutch government, to produce biodiesel from jatropha seeds.
Eleanna has started a national PhD student e-mail list and would welcome assistance in developing this new group.
The charity Doctors of the World has started a new scheme focused entirely on older people in response to the growing numbers approaching them for assistance.
He said the UN integrated electoral assistance team had started electoral mapping this week.
