Some truly needy people receive too little to cover emergency expenses. There is no money for replacing a water heater, making roof repairs, or for extra prescriptions. Programs that use federal money have drastically reduced their services. They are giving clients a list of public agencies and churches to call. Unfortunately church organization are moving slowly to fill the gap.
Many churches still have no local compassionate outreach.
How do you assist welfare mothers. There are various reasons people end up on welfare. We cannot assume that they are all lazy. Some of them deserve limited assistance in emergency situations. Each has a story that is worth hearing.