Aid to Dependent Children

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Aid to Dependent Children was a New Deal-era federal assistance program that provided cash support to low-income families with children, particularly single-mother households, in the United States.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Aid to Families with Dependent Children 9
AFDC 4
Aid to Dependent Children canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal program
cash transfer program
federal assistance program
administeredBy state welfare agencies
appliesToJurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
benefitsType cash assistance
means-tested benefit
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Social Security Act of 1935
criticizedFor discouraging work and marriage according to some critics
racial and gender bias in administration
eligibilityCriteria absence or incapacity of a parent
low household income
presence of a dependent child
endCause program expansion and renaming to AFDC
endTime 1960s
follows Mothers’ pensions programs
fundingStructure federal-state matching grants
governmentBranch executive branch of the United States
historicalPeriod New Deal
surface form: New Deal era
historicalSignificance first nationwide cash assistance program for single mothers in the United States
inception 1935
legalForm Title IV of the Social Security Act
legislatedBy United States Congress
notableFeature contributed to the development of the modern U.S. welfare state
focused on support for single mothers
linked to moral and behavioral eligibility standards in some states
partOf Social Security Act of 1935
surface form: Social Security Act
policyArea child welfare
poverty alleviation
social welfare
primaryBeneficiaries low-income families with children
single-mother households
purpose provide cash assistance to low-income families with children
support dependent children in single-parent households
relatedConcept public assistance
social safety net
welfare
relatedProgram Aid to Dependent Children self-linksurface differs
surface form: Aid to Families with Dependent Children

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
replacedBy Aid to Dependent Children self-linksurface differs
surface form: AFDC

Aid to Dependent Children self-linksurface differs
surface form: Aid to Families with Dependent Children

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
shortName ADC
signedIntoLawBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
startTime 1930s
supervisedBy federal social welfare agencies
targetPopulation children deemed dependent due to parental absence, death, or incapacity

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Social Security Act of 1935 createsProgram Aid to Dependent Children
Aid to Dependent Children replacedBy Aid to Dependent Children self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Aid to Dependent Children replacedBy Aid to Dependent Children self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: AFDC
Aid to Dependent Children relatedProgram Aid to Dependent Children self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Aid to Families with Dependent Children
ADC replacedBy Aid to Dependent Children
subject surface form: Aid to Dependent Children
this entity surface form: Aid to Families with Dependent Children
ADC alsoKnownAs Aid to Dependent Children
subject surface form: Aid to Dependent Children
this entity surface form: Title IV-A program
ADC successor Aid to Dependent Children
subject surface form: Aid to Dependent Children
this entity surface form: Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families replaced Aid to Dependent Children
this entity surface form: Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families replaced Aid to Dependent Children
this entity surface form: AFDC
Title IV of the Social Security Act shortName Aid to Dependent Children
subject surface form: Title IV-A of the Social Security Act
this entity surface form: Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Title IV of the Social Security Act shortName Aid to Dependent Children
subject surface form: Title IV-A of the Social Security Act
this entity surface form: AFDC
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 replacedProgram Aid to Dependent Children
this entity surface form: Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Public Welfare Amendments of 1962 focusesOnProgram Aid to Dependent Children
this entity surface form: Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Public Welfare Amendments of 1962 affectsProgram Aid to Dependent Children
this entity surface form: Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Public Law 104-193 replacedProgram Aid to Dependent Children
this entity surface form: AFDC