Or be cut off if they refuse?
There are many jobs that be can done that local governments cannot afford. Work like cleaning streets, removing unsightly graffiti to voluntary employment tutoring schoolchildren. Of course, single parents/caregivers for someone with a disability should not be made to work, only able bodied people would be made to work.
Handouts have proven not to work and send the wrong message. There is plenty of community service that can be done and this would give the person receiving public assistance some worth and work experience!