A Longer Look at FAP

One of the major objectives of the Family Assistance Plan (FAP), both as originally proposed and as now embodied in HR 1, is to abate inequities inherent in the present program for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).

Many of the inequities arise because AFDC, though supported in part by federal grant-in-aid and subject to federal supervision, is largely state-determined and state-administered. This has resulted in a fantastic variety of benefit levels, eligibility requirements and administrative practices, impossible to rationalize from a national viewpoint.

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One of the major objectives of the Family Assistance Plan (FAP), both as originally proposed and as now embodied in HR 1, is to abate inequities inherent in the present program for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).

Many of the inequities arise because AFDC, though supported in part by federal grant-in-aid and subject to federal supervision, is largely state-determined and state-administered. This has resulted in a fantastic variety of benefit levels, eligibility requirements and administrative practices, impossible to rationalize from a national viewpoint.