A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to make the program of aid to families with dependent children a wholly Federal program, to be administered by local agencies under federally prescribed terms and conditions (embodying the eligibility formulas currently in effect in the several States but designed to encourage such States to apply nationally uniform standards), with the cost being fully borne by the Federal Government.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Provides that amounts appropriated for aid to families with dependent children under Title IV of the Social Security Act shall be used by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in making grants to local agencies which are providing aid and services to needy families with children in accordance with plans developed by the Secretary under this Act. Requires such plans to include provisions designed: (1) to safeguard and promote the welfare of the dependent children involved; (2) to insure fair and equitable treatment of all applicants for and recipients of aid to families with dependent children; (3) to insure that aid to families with dependent children will be furnished with reasonable promptness to all eligible individuals; (4) to provide for the referral to the Secretary of Labor or his representative, for participation under work incentive programs, of appropriate dependent children and relatives and other appropriate individuals living in the same home; and (5) to require effective and appropriate methods of administration of the program in each locality. States that each plan developed by the Secretary shall provide that the eligibility of such individuals and families…