I think packages are given out at state/local workshops/support groups for new mothers, kinda thing where you would go to learn basic stuff about child-care and they might give out some breast pumps, diapers, etc. Probably you take a survey or talk to a case worker about your child feeding routine then they give out a package based on their guidelines. So yea you could lie, but practically i dont think most people would realize that they might want to.
That's almost more frustrating, if people don't realize they're incentivized to lie then they also aren't being incentivized to do the thing the incentive should promote.
The fun of modern bureaucracy is that they're so worried about people "lying" to meet these ridiculous standards that they spend as much policing their participants as they do funding the actual programs. That, and the endless volume of bureaucracy dumped on the backs of participants make the programs themselves largely inaccessible.
How does this work? Can you not just lie?
I think packages are given out at state/local workshops/support groups for new mothers, kinda thing where you would go to learn basic stuff about child-care and they might give out some breast pumps, diapers, etc. Probably you take a survey or talk to a case worker about your child feeding routine then they give out a package based on their guidelines. So yea you could lie, but practically i dont think most people would realize that they might want to.
That's almost more frustrating, if people don't realize they're incentivized to lie then they also aren't being incentivized to do the thing the incentive should promote.
It's not just evil, it's also pointless
Time to break out the calipers.
The fun of modern bureaucracy is that they're so worried about people "lying" to meet these ridiculous standards that they spend as much policing their participants as they do funding the actual programs. That, and the endless volume of bureaucracy dumped on the backs of participants make the programs themselves largely inaccessible.