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The Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) program began in 1935, as a relatively small initiative within the new Social Security Act. Its purpose was to protect the well-being of children by helping families maintain an acceptable level of income when fathers were deceased, absent, or unable to work. As such, it built on “mother’s pension” programs enacted by states after the Civil War, continuing a state-initiated tradition of supporting children of the “deserving poor”.
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Morris, P.A., Knox, V., Granger, R.C. (2003). Child Well-Being in the Context of Welfare Reform. In: Gordon, R.A., Walberg, H.J. (eds) Changing Welfare. Issues in Children’s and Families’ Lives, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9274-1_2
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