Do we let them starve?

On February 18, 2009 our class discussion was about the laws of life, the community of life, and helping people who are in need by sending them food.
My question is that what if the people who are being sent food become just dependent on that instead of trying to find different means of living. If this does or is happening, do we keep helping them? For example, the peopel with food stamps, housing assistance, energy assistance, heating assistance, unemployment, etc. I believe that some people really depend on all of that. However, most of those need a lot of help. Villages and small towns can only hold so many people to employ or feed.
For example, the village of Emmonak and the rest of the lower Yukon are having a hard time deciding between buying either gas or food. They are getting help, but how long will it last? How long will they need help? I'm excited about them getting help, but just like food stamp and unemployment, you can get dependent on them. If something goes wrong, someone could blame the people they are being helped by. A person could be thinking "well, I'm already getting this, why would I need a job? Why do I need to hunt?" I'm just saying it could happen, but I really hope it doesn't. People without enought motivation could easily give up and lose hope.
There are a lot of issues and certain things, like how a person thinks, that can't be controled. For instance, what nature does is natural. It happens and we really can't do anything about it. I mean, there are ways, but how do we find one that really works?