Here’s an idea, all government contracts, state and federal, should include 15% welfare receiving workers.
If they are building a road, dam, rocket or what ever they must hire 15% of their workforce from the unemployed roles. They can use this labor as skilled labor, clean up, road guards, physical labor, floor sweepers or their other talents. They can pay them the difference between what they get from the Government and $12. per hour.
This way they are not sitting at home collecting money for nothing. Plus, some of these jobs could turn permanent, maybe the government could incentivize their hiring with tax credits.