...aged or blind person, and, for aid to dependent children, one-half the amount given by the State up to $18 a month for the first child and $12 for each additional child aided in the same home. In addition, the Federal Government pays half the administrative costs of approved...

...As a basis for computing the Federal share of aid to dependent children, the act sets a maximum of $18 a month for the first child and $12 for each additional child in the same home. But again the State is free to make its payments either higher or lower. As with other forms...

...equal to one-third of the sums expended under such an approved plan, but payment in excess of $18 per month for the first child and $12 for each additional child in the same family is not counted in determining Federal aid. A "dependent child" may be defined broadly as...

...the Federal maximums, under which matching Federal funds now can be used only within the limits of $18 a month for the first child and $12 for each additional child aided in the same home. States may and do provide larger amounts when they are able; in the latter...

...aid to dependent children, the Federal share was increased to 50 percent of the payments up to $18 for the first child and $12 for each additional child in the same household. The legislation also changed grants for administrative costs for aid to the blind to...

...present the maximum amounts which may be taken into consideration in making Federal grants are $18 for the first child and $12 for each additional child...Board recommends that these maximum limitations be liberalized, since in most cases the mother must also be supported. VARIABLE GRANTS Federal grants-in-aid...

...amount equal approximately to one-third of the sums expended. State and local payments above $18 per month for the first child and $12 for each additional child in the same family are not counted in determining Federal aid. Federal benefits to mothers for children in...

...percent and the substitution of a 50-percent matching basis. It also involves raising the maximum from $18 a month for the first child and $12 for each additional child to the $30 maximum provided in the case of old-age assistance. Now I come to the question of providing...

...expenditures of the States and that one-third being based upon the States giving a maximum grant of $18 for the first child and $12 for each additional child in the individual family. The fact that the Government places its participation on the basis of the above-named...

...allowance of $30 a month; 33% percent of the amount given for each child under 16, up to a total of $18 for the first child and $12 for each additional child in the household. Since January 1, 1940, in accordance with amendments of 1939, Federal participation has...