Mr. Hogan, the executive deputy commissioner for the State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, summed up the state's task this way: "We have a philosophical and fiscal incentive to reduce the caseload.
By contrast, with a block grant, a state would receive a fixed amount of federal money for food assistance, a sum that would not vary with the number of needy people.
Robert Kitson Wasps' 32-6 pool win over Toulon in Coventry was undoubtably the most startling scoreline of the season and their third try, scored by Frank Thee Tank' Halai with considerable assistance from Charles Piutau summed up their attacking intent perfectly.
After all, Donald Trump has declared foreign assistance a zero-sum game: What doesn't go to them can go to us.
A composite score for the total assistance provided was computed by summing the scores of those four items (Cronbach's alpha=0.91).
The one straight movie project to which the agency gave its unqualified approval and assistance was, predictably, The Sum of All Fears by rightwing blowhard Tom Clancy.
Abakaliki is notable for being the only fictional character on our list who regularly e-mails real people, usually begging for assistance in recovering large sums of money.
Technical assistance was calculated by summing the months of service provided by cooperative agreement-funded staff to each country, pro rata.
The proposed deal would deliver roughly $20 to $25 billion in assistance to struggling homeowners, a sum Zandi considers reasonable, explaining that "should go a long way" toward improving the housing market.
NZVA provides a range of services including pensions, lump sum payments and assistance with paying medically related costs such as travel.
Since then, the U.S. commitment to the Afghan rebels has risen to about $480 million in covert military aid during the current fiscal year alone, a sum that dwarfs existing assistance programs for most seated governments.
