Option A. Aid to Families with Dependent Children is the scheme that provided financial assistance to the single mothers who are divorced or widowed.
Initially AFDC was given to only widow mothers as they had a genuine reason as unforeseen death but gradually this grant was given to single mothers with dependent children. This scheme encouraged mothers to get babies outside wedlock and divorce cases increased.
Later Americans considered that women must be disqualified who get assistance by unfair means and based on thorough evaluation of their background it was again implemented by AFDC.
Answer:
AFDC
Explanation:
AFDC ( aid to families with independent children ) was a federal assistance program established by the social security act of 1935. this program ensured the provision of aid to women with children and was initially known as ADC ( aid to dependent children ) .
These program promoted high rate of divorce and indirectly encouraged women to have children more than they can care for, this was some of the challenges faced by the program and in order to curtail that the program subjected Women who had such privilege of benefiting from the program to behave properly and not go about having multiple children outside wedlock. this program was ended in 1996 by President Clinton
