Family Protection Act of 1979

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Family Protection Act of 1979 - Establishes a minimum monthly benefit amount under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act. Sets the minimum monthly benefit amount furnished to any "assistance unit" at 70 percent of the projected official nonfarm poverty line minus the sum of the unit's income for such month and the average value of the food stamps for which an assistance unit of the same size would have been eligible during the last preceding July if the total income of such unit for such month consisted solely of payments made under a State's AFDC plan. Defines the term "assistance unit" to mean, a dependent child or children and the relative with whom such child is living who are claiming aid, and any other individual in the same home whose needs should be considered in determining the need of such child or relative. Establishes a new formula for determining Federal payments to a State under part A based on either the "Federal public assistance percentage" or the "alternative Federal public assistance percentage," multiplied by the amount expended by the State under the AFDC program, but subject to certain maximum limitations on th…