Health Care

Aid to Families with Dependent Children

Financial assistance provided by the government to indigent families with dependent children who meet certain requirements as defined by the Social Security Act, Title IV, in the U.S.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Financial assistance provided by the government to indigent families with dependent children who meet certain requirements as defined by the Social Security Act, Title IV, in the U.S.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Family Allowances
  • Allowance, Family
  • Allowances, Family
  • Family Allowance

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

treed under SOCIAL SECURITY; specify geog

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History Note

78(75); was see under PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 1968-77

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  1. N03w.219w.521.346.506.849w.095w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000385. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000385
  2. Aid to Families with Dependent Children. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aid_to_Families_with_Dependent_Children
  3. Aid to Families with Dependent Children. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4696621