This is why we need to have vocational programs for many of our youth so they can learn skills which can lead to gainful employment and become contributing members of society.
Not to put too fine a point on it ... but most of the jobs that would use those sorts of skills have been sent overseas, or are currently occupied by illegal immigrants. The entry-level jobs they could get probably wouldn't pay enough to attract the folks who know they can get a better deal on welfare.
And, of course, "teaching skills" has a difficult time dealing with kids who have been raised in an utterly poisonous culture. Teaching skills "disrespects" them. Trying hard in school is derided as "acting white." Thug-culture is king.
Seems to me that serious welfare reform would go a long way to addressing the problem. And I think, too, that requiring the name of the father on the birth certificate as a prerequisite for aid -- and failure to support should be punished severely.