Inside the four-hour U.S. House hearing on welfare reform …
WEB2 days ago · WASHINGTON — Minutes before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing Tuesday on the topic of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, the subject of a still unfolding scandal in Mississippi, Chairman Rep. Jason Smith huddled with his colleagues. The other congressmen wanted to know why the chairman had invited former NFL ...
Mississippi legislators react to Brett Favre testimony on ... - WLBT
WEB1 day ago · Mississippi legislators react to Brett Favre testimony on Capitol Hill. JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Brett Favre testified on Capitol Hill Tuesday. Now, WLBT is asking state lawmakers for their reactions and what’s next in addressing the questions surrounding Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, also known as TANF.
Inside the four-hour U.S. House hearing on welfare reform …
WEB7 hours ago · WASHINGTON — Minutes before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing Tuesday on the topic of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, the subject of a still unfolding scandal in Mississippi, Chairman Rep. Jason Smith huddled with his colleagues. ... But Mississippi’s TANF program hardly works this way. In 2022, the cash ...
Brett Favre testifies in Congressional hearing on TANF reform
WEB2 days ago · 0:04. 0:46. Mississippi's welfare scandal was at the center of a congressional hearing on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families reform Tuesday. Brett Favre was among the witnesses testifying in ...
Brett Favre testified about allegedly misusing welfare funds for ...
WEB2 days ago · MCEWEN: So Brett Favre is accused by Mississippi officials of knowingly receiving millions of federal TANF funds, also known as welfare funds. In specific, he got more than $1 million in speaking ...
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Welfare …
WEB2 days ago · In 2020, Mr. Favre was accused of encouraging Mississippi officials to misuse funds from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to build an athletic facility and ...
New audit explains little about misspending of $40 million ...
WEBOct 4, 2021 · Most of the money in question came from a block grant called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), a few-strings-attached federal fund which states can use to provide cash assistance, formerly known as the welfare check, to very low-income families or on a number of other programs.
U.S. House Ways and Means Offers Federal TANF Reform ... - Mississippi
WEBMar 18, 2024 · JACKSON, Miss. – Federal lawmakers and leaders of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee last week introduced seven new pieces of legislation in Congress to reform Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF, or more commonly “welfare”). “The Mississippi case is emblematic of a systemic problem,” said the lawmakers.
Historic TANF increase delivered to Mississippi TANF recipients ...
WEBSB 2791 approved first TANF increase in 21 years (Jackson, Miss.) – Mississippians receiving benefits from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program will see their benefits increase by $90 beginning today, three months ahead of the originally published timeline of July 2021.
Mississippi Office of the State Auditor NewsU.S. House Ways and …
WEBMar 18, 2024 · JACKSON, Miss. – Federal lawmakers and leaders of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee last week introduced seven new pieces of legislation in Congress to reform Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF, or more commonly “welfare”). “The Mississippi case is emblematic of a systemic problem,” said the lawmakers.