AFDC

American  

Or A.F.D.C.

1. Aid to Families with Dependent Children.

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Example Sentences

Of course, the anti-fraud campaign never directly implicated the vast majority of families receiving AFDC, but it ended up further stigmatizing the entire program and all its beneficiaries.

From Salon

In contrast, AFDC, the precursor program, supported 4.7 million families in 1995 — 76 percent of the nation’s poor families.

From Salon

But only one-third of the poor collect AFDC.

From Los Angeles Times

That doesn’t mean that Hillary Clinton wanted to leave the welfare system—then known as Aid to Families With Dependent Children, or AFDC—the way it was.

From Slate

Under the law Clinton signed, a program called Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, or TANF, replaced AFDC.

From Slate