AFDC Program The Aid to Families with Dependent Children (“AFDC”) general welfare program was created in 1935, amidst the terrible economic times of the Great Depression. It was one of many major new programs enacted through the “New Deal” legislation of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to try and help the millions of Americans who were [...]
Welfare To Work With the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act in August of 1996, Pres. Bill Clinton and the United States Congress sent a clear welfare reform message: they wanted to end perpetual general welfare to Americans and help them to shift from welfare to work and self-sufficiency. Although the welfare [...]
