A good question though: If our welfare system in the 1980's was so bad that a single mother got $300/month in foodstamps, how on earth do you make that 'tougher?'-It needn't be tougher. Offer monetary suppport at a basic needs level. Insist on social worker help for job training, some psychotherapy, wasteful spending analysis, etc. Meaningful safe nets require more than a dole of money.