The heritage foundation isnt partisan. It's conservative, not Republican. They have published research that goes against the Republican Party many times. It being conservative doesn't invalidate its claims. Many outspoken political organizations do legitimate research. The same is true of the likes of Jason Riley and Thomas Sowell.

As for breaking the cycle and solving poverty, it's silly to suggest that any government policy, right or left, liberal or conservative, could just break poverty one day and then no one will be poor again

I suggested no such thing.

thereby attempting to curb intergenerational poverty and addressing the "underlying behavioural and cultural problems" as you put it, that you keeping banging on about.

This isn't true as I've pointed out. Single motherhood is the single greatest predictor of intergenerational poverty, and it's risen.

As for your last paragraph. It's such an intellectual cop out to assume that federal bureaucracy is only destructive toward policy that you disagree with politically and assume that what you support is 100% effective, efficient, fool proof and will not be effected by government bureaucracy or people taking advantage of it.

Find me where I said this. Quote me. I didn't.

Of course current policy isn't perfect and things could always be tweaked to increase effectiveness, combat dependency and make social programs more cost efficient to the taxpayers.

This agrees with the argument I made in the final paragraph.