Mothers, sisters, and children all qualify as family. The government will almost certainly be supporting them, but at least she didn't opt to have them scraped from her womb...
Agree with that but, after all, the decision to have sex and the consequences of the ensuing offspring are, first and foremost, her individual responsibility and I would hope these children are born into an intact, financially and emotionally responsible family setting. Unfortunately, given the stats I doubt any of these attributes are present and that this is yet another case of an individual making life choices that they expect others to make good on.