| Financial help is a means of providing assistance to | | | | purpose of aiding them in their pursuit of better-paying |
| groups or individuals who are currently unable to meet | | | | jobs. Once these individuals have achieved a more |
| their financial needs on their own. Most financial help | | | | stable financial situation, they no longer qualify for |
| systems cater to specific target groups, such as | | | | financial help. Students, also receive financial help only |
| low-income families and individuals, persons with | | | | for the period of time that they are in school. Once |
| disabilities or diseases, and students, while some are | | | | they have completed their schooling, they should no |
| more general in nature.Forms of financial helpFinancial | | | | longer be in need of financial aid. If they took out |
| help takes many forms. Some are simple loans to be | | | | student loans instead of receiving scholarships, they |
| paid back after a requisite amount of time. Others are | | | | have to start paying the loans back after school.But |
| outright grants awarded to groups or individuals. Tax | | | | there is also financial aid that does not have to be |
| credits, medical benefits, and subsidized childcare | | | | repaid at all; they do not necessarily work on the |
| services are also forms of financial help. In the United | | | | premise that the beneficiaries will one day cease to |
| States, the government gives financial help in the form | | | | need assistance. Examples include financial aid offered |
| of welfare services. Welfare in the U.S. is overseen by | | | | to people with disabilities. These systems of financial |
| the Department of Social Services.The financial help | | | | help often work to compensate for handicapped |
| processSome financial help is essentially temporary in | | | | persons' employment and wage-earning limitations and |
| that beneficiaries are expected to achieve a state of | | | | to help them cope with the rest of society as much as |
| non-dependency at some point. Low-income individuals, | | | | to aid them financially. |
| for example, are often given financial help for the | | | | |