7. C.J.S. Social Security and Public Welfare §§ 11, 18, 118, 121.]
standard of need
standard of need. In public-assistance law, the total subsistence resources required by an individual or family unit as determined by a state and, when unsatisfied by available resources, entitles the individual or family unit to public assistance. [Cases: Social Security and Public Welfare 4.10, 194.