WV Department of Human Services using $8M in TANF money to pay for broken online database

By: Amelia Ferrell Knisely

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: August 10, 2026

Words: 988

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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West Virginia is using nearly $8 million in federal anti-poverty dollars to pay for its long-troubled and broken online database system.

It’s the same pot of federal funding — Temporary Assistance for Needy Families money — that Gov. Patrick Morrisey said is running out, prompting an abrupt closure in July of the school clothing allowance application window for low-income kids.

“I think the important question is not simply where TANF dollars are being spent, …

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