Dooming the children - - -

"The decline of marriage in recent years not only signals trouble for the men and women missing out on the stability of the institution; it can also threaten the future success of children born outside the economic protection of marriage. The 41 percent of children born in the U.S. to never-married mothers are at a higher risk of experiencing poverty at some point in their lifetimes than are those born to married parents."

This is the dirty little secret of the welfare programs, poverty breeds poverty.
Many would argue that it was the intention of the welfare programs to perpetuate poverty and therefore create a population that would continually vote for more welfare.

http://blog.heritage.org/2011/02/10/national-marriage-week-what-the-collapse-of-marriage-means-for-children/