Additionally, single mothers having the opportunity to finish high school and then college creates barriers. These barriers may include an unfamiliar university environment, child care needs, transportation, and affordable housing (Megan and Hartmann, 1997), consequently it appears that single mothers find it difficult to find jobs that generate an income once they complete these programs. sufficient income to support their family. (Purmort, 2010 pp. 15-16). Another divergence with the single mother workforce that this research appears to reveal is the sudden shift from financial incentives to reliance on work earnings alone (Moffitt, p.17). Working mothers generate larger budgets and find it more difficult to make ends meet than when they received welfare benefits (Edin and Lein p.254). Working single mothers' perceptions of work and welfare appear to follow the downward slope of the 2013 Beveridge (Litzenger, Morris, & Dunn, 2015 p.8). This is where matching workers with jobs has not been very successful and has led to high long-term unemployment. The welfare to work cliff effect shows the return to welfare for single mothers and their long-term unemployment due to increasing income and decreasing benefits. According to researchers, the economic situation of single mothers influenced their perception of well-being at work when considering the benefits of both (Edie and Lein, 1997, p.