Word: afdc
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Bane has been hailed by her colleagues as a leader in the field of welfare policy, having performed landmark studies on the effect of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) on family structure and the differences between long-term and short-term welfare dependecies...
...food stamps and other benefits that would go to a typical worker with a spouse and child, the family would get a monthly income of about $737, that is, $246 per family member. If there were no wage earner, however, the mother and child would receive about $498 from AFDC, along with $74 in food stamps, for a total monthly income of $572, or $286 each for the mother and child. They would also receive comprehensive medical coverage. Percy Steel, president of the Urban League chapter in Oakland, says of an unemployed father: "If he has feelings for his family...
...Willomenia Williams of Los Angeles is the mother of eight children, fathered by three different men, none of whom has provided much help in raising his offspring. She gets $698 a month in AFDC and $125 in food stamps, more than any of her former boyfriends could offer. "If they can't do their part," she says, "I don't think they should be coming around." For a while, Williams lived in a private shelter run by a group called Parents of Watts. Alice Harris, a woman known for her ready smile and generosity, runs the program. "Of course welfare...
Another avenue being explored is welfare reform. More than 20 states are experimenting with some form of "workfare," which requires recipients to accept training and jobs. According to Governor Michael Dukakis, Massachusetts' highly successful program, launched in 1983, has placed thousands of AFDC beneficiaries in full- or part-time jobs and has saved tax- payers an estimated $69 million. New York hopes to enroll more than 200,000 of its 1.1 million public-assistance recipients in a remodeled workfare program...
...Dukakis-endorsed Voke budget would spend the surplus in large part on a tax cap, a 10 percent increase in Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and General Relief accounts, and a refunding of the $11 billion pension program...