User:Svg1901/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.) Aid to Families with Dependent Children

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I am interested in knowing more about how welfare was structured before TANF. I have researched TANF before, but I didn't look that much into AFDC and would like to know about it more in depth. I think it matters because reviewing past policy can provide us with a better understanding of how welfare has changed over time. Additionally, we can compare and contrast outcomes, successes, and failures of welfare under AFDC with TANF to get a better idea of what program worked better or worse for parents and their children. My preliminary impression is that AFDC was more leniant with requirements, gave more monetary aid, and also had more participants overall.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.) Looking at each section in the article, it overall looks well written with some inclusion on how AFDC was different for white families and black families. There's a good balance of differing opinions with no particular voice being the dominant one, and stays neutral throughout the article. I think there could be some more information on the restrictions because I find it hard to believe that the only restriction was the "man in the house" rule. I also think the criticism section could be expanded--I'm sure there was probably more criticism than just on promoting "unwed motherhood." I clicked on a few links and the ones that I did all worked, and I am impressed by the "futher reading" section. Overall I think this is a solid article, but could potentially have more information.