The AFDC saw a lot of growth for the first few decades since it had been implemented. Around the 1930s there were around a hundred thousand cases. About three decades later, there were about 3.6 million cases. Between the 1960s and the 1970s, AFDC saw its greatest volume of caseloads. In 1964 around 4.2 million people used the program. Twelve years later it helped over 11.3 million people. By 1994 …show more content…
I kept thinking of the structural explanation of poverty- which says it isn’t the people who are to blame for living in poverty, but rather the system. The beginning of the chapter talks about a woman named Modonna Harris and her struggles with receiving welfare- even the issues she faced just walking into the door of the Department of Human Services. In the end it explains how she didn’t know the government was still providing welfare. A majority of people do not have access to proper assistance. It was clear in this reading that the system is extremely