What do you mean by "welfare". Food stamps are accepted at certain locations for certain items. Unemployment insurance is a general check - but that isn't exactly welfare.

I meant welfare to mean cash payments to the poor as provided for in the Welfare Reform act of 1996. [1]

You brought up a good point to differentiate this from food stamps and unemployment.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_Reform_Act_of_1996