Aid to Families with Dependent Children
This is highly probable. You really need to check into the state laws in which the mother is receiving the AFDC assistance. Be prepared to pay child support, AFDC can garnish your checks for their money, as well as take your income tax returns for any back child support, so your best bet is to call the office of AFDC where the mother is receiving her assistance and ask them for all the particulars.
afdc
It ended the program.
Roberta Spalter-Roth has written: 'Food stamps and AFDC'
Yes, an 18-year-old can apply for and potentially receive Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) as long as they meet the eligibility criteria, which includes having a dependent child. AFDC is designed to support low-income families with dependent children.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Only AFDC
Not without the permission of the courts and the mother, AND provided the mother is not, nor will in the future, collect AFDC.
welfare office or a shelter
First, only the courts AND the mother can allow you to give up parental rights, provided the mother is not now, or in the future, collecting AFDC. It would stop current payments, but not previously owed payments, especially if she had had collected AFDC. They have override power.
First, only the courts AND the mother can allow you to give up parental rights, provided the mother is not now, or in the future, collecting AFDC. It would stop current payments, but not previously owed payments, especially if she had had collected AFDC. They have override power.