Legislative audit targets out-of-state food assistance spending

Read Article State auditors estimate that Kansas distributed federal food-assistance benefits worth as much as $1.2 million to as many as 1,800 beneficiaries who may live out of state A new legislative audit released Wednesday shows that the Department for Children and Families dealt out between $700,000 to $1.2 million in food assistance benefits to recipients who may not have lived in Kansas in violation of federal and state law. Based on the data available,