Sentence examples for benefit on behalf from inspiring English sources

The foundation had scheduled a fund-raising benefit on behalf of the dry-dock campaign, but canceled it, fearing a low turnout.

Some shelters which rely on housing benefit payments to fund their operations could be forced to shut after a court ruled that they do not legally constitute a dwelling, and so cannot claim the benefit on behalf of shelter users.

One-third of winter night shelters were part-funded by housing benefit last year, but a court's decision that night shelters should not be able to automatically claim housing benefit on behalf of homeless clients risks closing off a crucial funding stream for homeless services.

Undocumented workers may legally claim a tax benefit on behalf of their U.S.-born children.

In fact, according to the USDA's non-citizen's guide to food stamps, no one will check your immigration status if you apply for benefits on behalf of your kids.

"Within the past month, Doug Hampton's legal counsel made exorbitant demands for cash and other financial benefits on behalf of his client," said a spokesman for the senator, Tory Mazzola.

Federal and state officials have recently stepped up efforts to crack down on companies that have sought to save money by avoiding paying taxes and benefits on behalf of workers they classify as independent contractors who should actually be treated as full-time employees.

A 1996 appropriations measure for the Legal Services Corporation barred any "effort to amend or otherwise challenge existing law" in welfare cases; lawyers supported by the program could seek benefits on behalf of their clients but even while using money from private sources could not challenge the regulation or law under which the benefits had been denied.

Under the provision, poverty lawyers whose offices receive federal money may seek benefits on behalf of their clients, but are barred from bringing actions seeking to "amend or otherwise challenge" the regulation or statute that prevents their clients from obtaining benefits.

The law the Republicans pushed through five years ago allowed poverty lawyers whose offices receive federal money to seek benefits on behalf of individual clients, but it barred them from bringing litigation, lobbying or participating in any rule-making proceeding in an effort to challenge or amend welfare laws or regulations.

(These application forms will help the future caregivers the next time they apply for benefits on behalf of your child; especially since the caregivers may not understand the complexity of these applications).