Question

In 1996, congress abolished the noncontributory program called aid to families with dependent children and replaced it with the temporary assistance for needy families, whose eligibility is determined by

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: means testing.

means testing refers to the test that is aimed to determine whether an individual or a family is eligible to receive government's aid.
Factors that could influence the outcome of means testing are: collective income, number of children, or ethnicity.