See, I agree with this. That is mainly why I think that there should be acceptable tradeoff time for things like community service and/or school, in place of work or applying for work. There is not necessarily going to be jobs or enough good paying jobs that people are qualified for in the area, and it is not reasonable to consider that everyone of the people who are on Welfare can afford to leave the area they are in. There are some people who simply can't move. And so if there are other options available, then they are still helping in the overall community. They are getting the money anyway, so I say make them work in some way, shape or form for it.
Some of the community service type projects that they could do implement that might help people overall could include child care education/certification, then some of the people on Welfare could be looking after other recipients' children so that those other recipients can more easily find jobs and/or work. Another could be helping to improve local community centers, schools, and playgrounds, which could help their community to be safer and better places to live. Some of the jobs could work with what skills the people have. With the current unemployment situation, there certainly could be people with job experience that could help others improve their own lives, including financial specialists, people who could teach others some skills they have such as typing and trade jobs, lawyers/legal experts, teachers that could be tutors for underpriveleged children, and trade skilled people who could be helping others with personal fix-up jobs that may improve their own lives, including automotive repairs, household repairs, and counselors. I'm sure there are also plenty of other things that people working together could improve for each other, and therefore, hopefully, help to make other people who are having hard times better in their own situations and more productive members of society.