Their parents bad choices already affect the kids. Cut off the cash, they will sell the food stamps, free medical? take the kid in till the Dr is convinced (AKA tired of seeing them) the kid needs crazy checks..
I have seen how the system is played... They play it well. If they put half the effort in to a honest days work, they’d be millionaires.
It’s called “generational poverty” and yes, there are rules and mores to the game. Moms pass it on to their daughters, who pass it on to the kids. I say moms because in most cases, there is not a father in the home. And I suggest they pick a northern county as a pilot county...we got white welfare queens up here too!
There is a whole subculture to welfare recipients. They operate like a black market. Which explains why they can get drugs.