Director: Mississippi does not track welfare program results
By Emily Wagster Pettus
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Elizabeth Lower-Basch, deputy director of policy for CLASP, told lawmakers Tuesday that another Washington-based advocacy organization, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, found that for every 100 families with children living in poverty in Mississippi, 71 families received cash assistance through a welfare program in 1979. By 1995-96, aid was going to 39 families per 100 living in poverty. By 2019-20, Mississippi’s aid number was down to four families per 100 living in poverty — tied for last in the U.S.
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