They just went from SNAP and Welfare to SSI.
Shell games continue.
Actually, welfare as a program doesn't exist. The two biggies are food stamps and SSI (disability). Both programs are horribly abused. The other program is TANF or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. It is also abused.
I could entertain you all day with stories from my volunteer work at the food bank. Way too many people are 'satisfied' with a disability check, which averages about $700 or so per month, and food stamps. The folks don't live in very nice housing, lots of Section 8, and few of them have a car. But they muddle along month-to-month, living off you and me. The desire to improve themselves just isn't there.
The government has had these programs for so long that it's become a generational thing. Great grand parents, grandparents, parents and kids all sucking the government teat.