This is where some of Mississippi’s Welfare Money went

The initial audit of missing TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) uncovered massive amounts of fraud.

The Family Resource Center (FRC) was created to assist needy families in Mississippi and provide Victim assistance, counseling, food, diapers, and other needs. It was under the direction of Christi Webb. Nancy New, named in the Welfare Fraud, ran the Mississippi Community Education Center (MCEC), which was also reportedly created to help the needy. Both the FRC and MCEC worked under the Mississippi Department of Human Services, run by John Davis, who was also involved in the fraud. The FRC and the MCEC seemed to work in conjunction with each other to pocket millions.

According to the audit report by Mississippi State Auditor Shad White, they could not verify over $94 million spent in grant money, including:

• The Mississippi Community Education Center and the FRC hired Lobbyists (who were not allowed) with funds that should have been for needy families. There was no verification of why they were hired or what they did.
• The MCEC awarded contracts to members of John Davis family and paid them upfront.
• MCEC and FRC paid large sums of money to former wrestlers Ted and Brett DiBiase for work never done. Brett DiBiase was named Deputy Director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services by John Davis. Later, DeBiase was in a luxury rehab…