And don't get increases based just on how many kids they have.

That's the real flaw with welfare no matter the jurisdiction; it doesn't exist as a hand-up that connects its clients with proper education/training and jobs afterwards, especially when the private sector is dead set against hiring people with work gaps, or who they know are on welfare/living in a shelter. It needs total reform across the board, everywhere in the West. It's frustrating, and gets you nowhere, as if it's designed to keep you from getting anywhere in the first place.