Public housing, food stamps are not enough...

Heard on National Public Radio,around 8.15 A.M., on July 5,2010:

A new "social" experiment is ongoing in New York City. About 50 families are involved with a budget figure, which was not mentioned (financed by taxpayers, of course).The purpose of the ongoing study is to find out how cash, paid directly to families for certain "achievements" in the areas of school attendance,tests/exams, dental/doctor visits, influence results.
In one family a high school teenager was interviewed who proudly stated that he "earned" 3000 dollars in the past 12 months for attending classes, passing exams. When asked about how he spent the money he listed among his purchases an i-pad and "designer" clothes. His mother also joined in the interview and expressed her pride in the teenager. The listeners than were told that the single mom had public housing, welfare checks, food stamps and free medical care for her and the two children.She also added that for each preventive dental/doctor visits she received additional 200/300 dollars per occurrence. Oh yes, there was also a "boyfriend" in the picture, too, presumably the children's father.

What hope or motivation is there for this family to ever get out of the "public assistance" system, which allows, corrupts already the young,as in this family, to expect society to pay for not only shelter,food, medical care, but also for "school attendance" and passing exams?
The moral irresponsibility for the enablers of this perpetual cycle of dependency is unforgivable.