Tosefta for Ketubot 134:9

יש לו ואינו רוצה להתפרנס נותנין לו לשום מתנה וחוזרין ונפרעין ממנו חוזרין ונפרעין הימנו תו לא שקיל אמר רב פפא לאחר מיתה ר"ש אומר יש לו ואינו רוצה להתפרנס אין נזקקין לו אין לו ואינו רוצה להתפרנס אומרים לו הבא משכון וטול כדי שתזוח דעתו עליו

If he has the means but does not want to sustain himself, [at his own expense], he is given [what he needs] as a gift, and then he is made to repay it. “He is made to repay it” he would, surely, not take again! Papa replied: After his death. Shimon said: If he has the means and does not want to provide for himself [at his own expense], we do not deal with him. If he does not have the means and does not wish to be provided for [out of the poor funds] he is told, “Bring a pledge and you will receive [a loan]” in order to raise his spirit.

Tosefta Peah

They may not give a poor person wandering from place to place less than a loaf worth a pundion at a time when four seahs [of wheat cost] one sela (see Peah 8:7, following Kulp Tr.). If he spends the night [at a place], they must give him the cost of what he needs for the night (ibid.), oil and pulse. If he stays over Shabbat they must give him enough food for three meals (ibid.), oil, pulse, fish, and vegetables. In what context does this apply? [It applies] when they know him, [in which case] they even clothe him (Y. Peah VIII.6.8). [But] if he [is someone who] is just going around to all the entrances [i.e., begging from door to door], they do not get involved with him in every thing (see Ketubot 67b:9).

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Tosefta Peah

One who says, "I shall not be provided for by others," [we nonetheless] persevere on him and we support him and [first] we give it to him as a loan, and we return and [then] we give it to him as a gift, the words of Rabbi Meier. Rabbi Shimon says, we say to him, "bring collateral," to give him the impression [that he is not receiving charity, see Ketubot 67b:9].

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