Family Assistance Plan

The Family Assistance Plan was a proposed U.S. government program in the 1960s aimed at providing financial support to low-income families with children. It sought to replace direct welfare payments with a family allowance system, giving families a monthly income to help cover essential needs like housing, food, and healthcare. The goal was to reduce poverty and encourage work by ensuring basic economic stability without creating disincentives to employment. Although it was never enacted into law, the plan influenced policy discussions on welfare reform and family support programs.