The government gives them way too much for one --- it's very common to see the stupidest people figure out where every handout program is. I know a couple here ---they had disability, Medicaid, food stamps, government housing, WIC, Head Start which gave the kids free breakfast and lunch ---allowing them to sell many of the food stamps for beer and shopping trips to the mall, Project Bravo would come and repair their home, free cheese, milk, and formula. Plus even though they were on welfare and the father was collecting disability, he'd really do odd jobs on the side and not report that income.
For starters, the government should roll all the welfare and handout programs into one big program to eliminate the duplication, triplication etc.