Under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, states were given greater flexibility in designing and administering welfare policies.

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The Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program was a federal assistance program in the United States that provided financial aid to children whose families had low or no income. This program was relatively prescriptive with limited flexibility for states. It was the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 that significantly reformed federal welfare, creating the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which gave states much greater flexibility in designing and administering their welfare programs.

Under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program, States