the programs that have been started,just to put these "takers" in some form of work situation , usually get cut back or stopped altogether,BECAUSE,they know the drill by now ,... be as unproductive and unattentive as possible, you'll get $$$$ for doing barely nothing
I have seen reports where some of the rescued are looking at the silver lining -- they hope to use whatever help they get to make a new life for themselves, where they may have come from far more dire circumstances in NO or elsewhere. I pray this is true for more than a few.