Morrisey signals potential cuts to WV’s childcare assistance, clothing voucher program due to debt

By: Amelia Ferrell Knisely

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: May 18, 2026

Words: 935

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

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Cuts could be coming to West Virginia’s childcare assistance and a voucher program that helps low-income families afford school clothes.

Those programs — along with several children’s support services — are funded through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families money, a federal block grant that the states administer.

On Monday, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced that the state has a projected $40 million deficit in its TANF funding. After TANF received an infusion of COVID-19 relief …

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