1. assistance to single mothers
   • Department of Human Services
   • Department of Social Service - Provides WIC, food stamps, daycare assistance and Health care assistance such as Medicaid and Medicare.   
   • Transportation Assistance
   • Soup Kitchen
   • Rent assistance
   • Free or reduced meals for school-aged children
   • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) - A Federal assistance program that provides temporary cash assistance and food stamps to single Mothers and low-income Individuals , showing a need.   
   • Low Income Housing Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) - A Federal assistance program that provides assistance with energy-related costs, including paying utility bills, weatherization procedures and/or energy-related Home repairs.   
2. Social security Benefits tied to deceased spouses

From a Christian Perspective remaining unmarried while having sexual relations is Immoral.   It is Fornication for which there are many condemning scriptures:

• Matthew 15:19
  For out of the Heart proceed Evil Thoughts , murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, False Witness , blasphemies:
• Acts 15:20
  But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from Fornication , and from things strangled, and from blood.   
• Romans 1:29
  Being filled with All Unrighteousness , Fornication , Wickedness , covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, Debate , deceit, malignity; whisperers,
• 1 Corinthians 6:13
  Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall Destroy both it and them.   Now the Body is Not for Fornication , but for the Lord ; and the Lord for the body.   
• 1 Corinthians 6:18
  Flee Fornication.   Every Sin that a man doeth is without the Body ; but he that committeth Fornication sinneth against his own body.   
• 1 Corinthians 7:2
  Nevertheless, to avoid Fornication , let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.   
• Galatians 5:19
  Now the Works of the Flesh are Manifest , which are these; Adultery , Fornication , uncleanness, lasciviousness,
• Ephesians 5:3
  But Fornication , and All uncleanness, or covetousness, let it Not be once named among You , as becometh saints;
• 1 Thessalonians 4:3
  For this is the Will of God , even your Sanctification , that ye should abstain from fornication:
• Jude 1:7
  Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, Giving themselves over to Fornication , and going after strange Flesh , are set forth for an Example , Suffering the vengeance of Eternal fire.   

Since the prevailing tide is for Government Legislation to legitimize Marriages between two men or two women it is clear that Marriage has become a legal term, Not a Spiritual term.   That being the case, it is entirely appropriate for Christians optimize their legal status without Moral retribution.   This means that Christians may remain unmarried ( for the sake of legal status and associated Benefits ) and yet have sexual relations with their partner.   The Only Way this can be Morally Justified is by the couple entering into Holy Matrimony.   Holy Matrimony would involve a Spiritual Service in which the Christian man and woman commit themselves through sacred vows before their Heavenly Father.   In Holy Matrimony there would be no Need for Marriage Licenses or other legal trappings.   The contract would be entirely Spiritual in Nature.   There would be no Need to register it in any Church or Government records.   

The Benefits for moving away from Marriage to Holy Matrimony are as follows:

• The unwed Mother maintains her legal status and Receives assistance from Government programs.   
• The unwed Mother is Morally upright through Holy Matrimony.   
• The widowed individual maintains her legal status and continues Receiving the Social security Benefit from their deceased spouse.   
• The widowed individual is Morally upright through Holy Matrimony.   

Individuals, Just as corporations, are Bound to Obey the letter of the Law.   Corporations maximize their positions with Respect to the laws.   Individuals should maximize their positions with Respect to the Law.   Jesus put it this way:

Marriage and Family are institutions that God Ordained.   Many have cried for 'separation of Church and state while legislating into God's domain.   Moving toward the institution of Holy Matrimony into which the Government has no Power is a reasonable implementation of the separation of Church and state position.   

The sooner Christians move toward adopting Holy Matrimony as the basis for Spiritual Unions and thus Families the better.