A Bill to amend the Social Security Act to improve the operation of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program and thereby provide fiscal relief for State and local welfare costs as a first step towards providing Federal funding equal to at least 75 percent of the present level of State and local welfare costs.
State and Local Welfare Reform and Fiscal Relief Act - Amends the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) established by Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act to establish a new formula for determining the amount of the Federal payment to each State for amounts expended by a State under such program. Provides for an annual cost-of-living increase in such amount based on changes in the cost-of-living and State population. Requires that such increases be passed on the recipients of aid under the program.
Establishes a program of supplemental grants to States with high unemployment in accordance with a formula set forth in this Act. Directs that each State plan for the operation of the State AFDC program provide for the reimbursement of the political subdivisions of the State for the amount contributed to the program by the subdivision.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
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