A bill would continue a DHHR program that requires TANF applicants, who must have children, to participate in a drug screening process. The program, which has been in effect since 2017, has resulted in only one person successfully completing substance abuse treatment.
Author Archives: Amelia Ferrell Knisely
Amelia Ferrell Knisely is a Report for America Corps member who covers poverty. A native of Rand in Kanawha County, started her career in her home state then served as editor of The Contributor in Nashville, a nonprofit street paper sold by men and women experiencing homelessness. She later covered education for The Tennessean. Most recently, as a Report for America corps member at the Charleston Gazette-Mail, she documented the state’s thousands of homeless students, forcing political leaders to start looking for solutions to the problem. She holds a bachelor's degree from Shepherd University and a master's degree from Marshall University.
