Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was a federal assistance program in the United States in effect from 1935 to 1997, created by the Social Security Act (SSA) and administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provided financial assistance to children whose families had low or no income.

On August 22, 1996 President Clinton signed into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 (Public Law 104–193). PRWORA replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program that had been in existence for 60 years.

抚养未成年儿童家庭援助（Aid to Families with Dependent Children，简称AFDC）是1935年到1996年美国的一项联邦补助项目， [1] 由美国卫生及公共服务部所管理。该项目对于贫穷家庭的子女进行经济上的援助。

When the first grants to States for AFDC were made available in 1936, only 12 States and District of Columbia implemented the program. The combined expenditure for that first month was $1.7 million for 140,286 children in 56,836 families. A Changing Program Throughout its SO-year history, AFDC has grown so

Created through the Social Security Act, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) provided financial assistance to families with little income. Enacted as Title IV of the Social Security Act of 1935. The program offered aid to poor mothers taking care of children without a …

1961 - Title IV-A, the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) entitlement, is amended to allow use of funds for foster care expenses if the child comes from an AFDC eligible family and a court determines it is in the child's best interest to be removed.

2012年6月15日 · Aid to Dependent Children or ADC (later renamed Aid to Families with Dependent Children, AFDC) was Title IV of the Social Security Act of 1935. At first it functioned mainly to provide federal grants to help the states maintain their mothers’ aid laws that had been passed in 40 states between 1910 and 1920.

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON RECENT CHILD WELFARE HISTORY. For a printable pdf copy of this document, click here. 1961: Congress allows AFDC payments to follow a child into foster care. Previously, such payments were made only to children in their own homes. This makes foster care much cheaper for states and localities.

AFDC-FC means Aid to Families with Dependent Children--Foster Care and is the aid provided on behalf of needy children in foster care who meet the eligibility requirements as specified in department regulations and in applicable state and federal laws.

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 includes nine titles, affecting most major low-income programs, including AFDC, food stamps, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), child welfare and child support. The scope and potential impact of the changes in low-income programs in this bill are unprecedented.