This is what happens when government takes over the charity business. I bet this family was on all sorts of benefits. Without government-enforced charity, private organizations would have provided this family with the help they need.
I know a person that works for one of our grocery chains, he says it is common for men and women to sell food stamps, this gets them enough money for drugs or booze.
They will find a way to get their fix.
This is why the states should run the programs and work on a way to control how entitlements are used.
This country sent a man to the moon and back, now you know they could control entitlements.
Little children are the ones that get hurt the most and it is heart breaking.