My original question, BTW, was simply “Do ‘welfare checks’ still exist?”
I believe most States handle welfare through the EBT system ... and many States happily hand those cards to illegal aliens.
Welfare is much bigger than EBT. There is Medicaid, Rent subsidies, Heat subsidies, Obama phones, free internet, free legal services, free transport to hospitals, free lunch in schools on and on. I don’t think EBT card can be used for all those benefits.