Defunding the Future
About one fifth of American children live in poverty. Their government’s negligence is to blame.
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1935
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, establishing the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), the first federal assistance program for children in the United States.
1954
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