Why does the government provide benefits in kind?

Based on the textbook readings, why does the government provide benefits inkind? Why don’t we just
money to low-income people?

Reading
Chapter 26 “Earnings, Productivity, and the Job Market”
 Chapter 28 “Income Inequality and Poverty”
 Special Topic 8 “Earnings Differences between Men and Women”
 Special Topic 9 “Do Labor Unions Increase the Wages of Workers?”
 Exodus 23; Proverbs 14; 19; 22; 28-29; Luke 2:12-14; 12:22-34; Matthew 17: 24-27;
22:15-22; Genesis 1:26-27; 2:7; 12:2-3; Galatians 3:19-29; James 2:1-13; Matthew 5:43-
48; 7:7-12

textbook
Gwartney, J. D., Stroup, R. L., Sobel, R. S., & Macpherson, D. A. (2018). Economics: Private
and public choice (16th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
ISBN-13: 9781305506725