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- Mississippi Department of Human Services Director Bob Anderson, at the grand opening of the newest MDHS Resource and Referral Center. Anderson spoke of how this resource and referral center will be beneficial to early childhood development and child care by networking statewide with other resource and referral centers. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
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Welfare agency says it can’t ‘take providers by the hand’ to ensure proper spending of $354M in child care funds on tight deadline
By ANNA WOLFE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,06/02/22-2:40PM , 598 Reads 12,703 Statewide
Mississippi Department of Human Services, still reeling from a $77 million scandal, has built in more time for itself to conduct grant close-out accounting on hundreds of millions of child care dollars than it has given child care providers time to spend the money.
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State files lawsuit to recoup $24 million in welfare funds from Brett Favre, WWE wrestlers and 34 other people or companies
By ANNA WOLFE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,05/09/22-3:46PM , 1,544 Reads 34,015 Statewide
The Mississippi Department of Human Services has filed a civil lawsuit against 38 individuals or entities it says took welfare money from the state “for their enrichment or for other private purposes incompatible with … the alleviation of poverty.” Among the defendants is the owner of a biomedical startup who sought help from then-Gov.
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- Zach New, left, and his mother Nancy New exit the Cochran federal courthouse on March 18, 2021, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
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Nancy and Zach New plead guilty to bribery and fraud in state welfare case
By ANNA WOLFE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,04/22/22-4:34PM , 932 Reads 17,307 Statewide
Both Nancy and Zach New have agreed to cooperate with prosecutors and testify against their co-defendants. Both state and federal criminal investigations are ongoing and could result in charges against additional people, sources close to the probes say.
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- Zach New, left, and his mother Nancy New exit the Cochran federal courthouse on March 18, 2021, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
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Nancy and Zach New plead guilty to federal charges in private school scheme
By ANNA WOLFE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,04/21/22-1:12PM , 7,806 Reads 41,132 Statewide
Nancy New and her son Zach New reached deals Wednesday to plead guilty in a federal case involving $4 million in public school dollars prosecutors say they bilked for their private school.
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