Word: afdc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...your parents own a home, chances are almost one in two that they benefit from the most expensive welfare program in the country. It costs more than Medicaid. It costs more than unemployment compensation. It costs three times as much as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), the program commonly known as "welfare...
...will be to decouple the images of poverty and Blacks, so that politicians who propose progressive changes in social policy aren't defeated by racist hysteria. The facts must be emphasized: twice as many whites are poor as Blacks, and more whites receive Assistance to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits, what is commonly known as "welfare...
...political climate is also propitious for overhauling the welfare system. AFDC is such a mess that, as presently administered, it has few staunch defenders. Liberals and conservatives, despite continued squabbling, have reached a rare measure of agreement on at least the essentials of a reform plan. That agreement is seconded by most welfare recipients; the New York report, like most other studies, finds that "evidence from around the country indicates that most people who receive public assistance would rather work." The task during the period of experimentation that is beginning is to find the best and most practicable...
Caption: Number of families receiving AFDC...
Once again, Daniel Patrick Moynihan is sounding the alarm. While other politicians talk moderately of reform, the Democratic Senator from New York wants to scrap the basic federal welfare program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). That system, established 50 years ago to provide temporary relief for widows, was never meant to address the long-term problem of poor children in broken homes, he argues, and it certainly has proved incapable of coping with the "changed reality" of a country with 3.8 million poor, single-parent families...