Texas has gotten tough with the "welfare-to-work" program. You have 2 yrs to get it together before they kick you off. You can file again after a certain period of time... but I think there's a maximum of 5 yrs total lifetime assistance. You'd have to prove to be permanently disabled, to get any leeway or exception. No more generational welfare recipients! (not that some won't try to find "creative" ways to fool the State) :)