| Building the Invisible Orphanage Subjects: Public welfare -- United States -- History; United States -- Social policy; Child welfare -- United States -- History; Welfare state; Orphanages -- United States -- History; In 1996, America abolished its long-standing welfare system in favor of a new and largely untried public assistance program. Welfare as we knew it arose in turn from a previous generation's rejection of an even earlier system of aid. That generation introduced welfare in order to eliminate orphanages. |