Poor communication clouds TANF funding debate
The issues raised about structural deficits in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program since May and the pivot to accusations of fraud in the School Clothing Allowance program could be taught as a master class in how not to communicate. Let's start with May, when Gov. Patrick Morrisey first announced the TANF structural deficit. I've frequently written about this, but in short: An influx of federal COVID-era dollars flooded into state TANF programs, causing TANF-funded programs to expand and sizable TANF carryover funds to accumulate. When the federal COVID dollars dried ...
