"declining assistance" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it when a person has chosen not to receive help from someone. Example: Jane politely declined assistance from her neighbor when he offered to help fix her phone.
An American official said Mr. Yaakov had declined assistance from the American authorities.
He said the police use arrest as a last resort, mostly when a person declines assistance and refuses to get off the streets.
After hearing that my pregnancy was not the woman's problem, I was declined assistance in finding my way back to the help desk from the gate.
Apparently in a response to the accusations that the actions of the military in Iraq exposed their son to worsening danger, the F.B.I. released a statement saying that Nicholas Berg had not heeded warnings and that he had declined assistance in leaving Iraq.
Both doctors consulted for this post say a doctor who cooperates with a police request to draw blood over a suspect's objections is less troubling than the more invasive procedures that occurred in New Mexico, but both also say that medical personnel should always retain the right to decline assistance.
We come together not to plead for aid but to forge genuine partnerships to fill the void of declining official assistance.
Herb, owner of the now defunct LAMP label, released incredible funk 45s by The Diplomatics and Ebony Rhythm Band before being blacklisted for declining mafia "assistance" in establishing a Nap Town recording studio.
A pilot study conducted in three general practices found very high acceptance of the intervention among smokers with only 5% declining telephone assistance from a nurse [ 36].
He had approached a resident asking for medical help, but when an ambulance arrived, Reid declined their assistance.
Institutions that do not wish to provide equal access to military recruiters may decline federal assistance".
