Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Obsolete. A federally funded, state-administered welfare program that provided financial assistance to needy families with dependent children. • Aid to Families with Dependent Children has been replaced by Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. — Abbr. AFDC. See TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES.
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Aid to Families with Dependent Children 〈美〉受抚养子女家庭援助(计划)
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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. A combined state and federal program that provides limited financial assistance to families in need. 42 USCA §§ 601–603a. • This program replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children. TANF differs from AFDC because families are limited to no more than five years of assistance, and states have more control
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A needy child who has been deprived of parental support or care because of the parent’s or other responsible person’s death, absence from the home, physical or mental incapacity, or (in some cases) unem-ployment. • This definition was formerly found in Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), 42 USCA § 606(a). When that program
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. A 1996 federal law that overhauled the welfare system, as well as requiring states to provide a means for collecting child support by (1) imposing liens on a child-support obligor’s assets, and (2) facilitating income-withholding. • The Act did away with Aid to Families with Dependent Children in
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