History
The program was created under the name Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) by the Social Security Act of 1935 as part of the New Deal; the words "families with" were added to the name in 1962, partly due to concern that the program's rules discouraged marriage. By 1996 spending was $24 billion per year. When adjusted for inflation, the highest spending was in 1976, which exceeded 1996 spending by about 8%.
Since 1962, the Department of Health and Human Services has allowed state-specific exemptions as long as the change was "in the spirit of AFDC" in order to allow some experimentation.
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