Governor Explains TANF Funds For Clothing Allowance

West Virginia State Treasurer Larry Pack and Governor Patrick Morrisey are both concerned about the School Clothing Allowance program that closed earl because of funding issues.  During a recent press conference, Governor Morrisey talked about how the EBT cards issued can be taken to an ATM and cashed and that he is wanting to work with the legislature to fix that…

“I don’t want a penny of the money that should go to school clothing to be spent for cigarettes, to be spent for beer, to be spent for all of these things, but when you have a cash card without constraints on it—which is what we have now—yes, there is absolutely going to be problems with it.”