self-sufficiency aid
nounUK /ˌself səˈfɪʃənsi eɪd/
US /ˌself səˈfɪʃənsi eɪd/
Help that lets people take care of themselves without needing others.
The village received a self-sufficiency aid package with seeds and tools so families could grow their own food.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. Financial or material help given to a community so it can meet its own needs over time.
Donors shifted from short-term relief to self-sufficiency aid for the farming cooperative.
3. Training or resources that help a person stop depending on outside support.
The program offers self-sufficiency aid such as job training and budgeting classes.
4. Government or NGO support aimed at reducing long-term reliance on welfare.
The new policy frames childcare subsidies as self-sufficiency aid for working parents.