I think this speaks more to a lack of a social safety net that actually works.
A better social safety net would ensure that everyone had:
* a home (near their family unit's job(s))
* a job suitable to talent/skills
* education towards suitable jobs if out of work
* good healthcare
* good child/retired family care
* a stable, inclusive, welcoming community
This is a good list. I'd change "talent/skills" to "skills/aspirations", because we believe too much in talent (whether for being discouraged when all it really needs is work, or for misplaced belief in our own innate merit).
I'd maybe consider aptitudes and desires, it got a little muddled when I was trying to fit it in to a bullet-point list short enough to not irk mobile users. The lack of white-listed HTML / similar entities in formatting is a rather limiting factor for clearly conveying information.
Ideally some combination of testing / recommending potential raw talent, desired areas of work/interaction, and trainable job fields could be considered and find a good fit where someone could form a positive component of a larger and vibrant community. Also, ideally, automation owned by the masses (we the people, via the government) could handle the tedious and annoying tasks.
A better social safety net would ensure that everyone had: