So it looks like, in short, welfare dollars have mostly stopped being spent as checks handed to the needy and, instead, are being used to help people with drug problems, childcare, and educational needs. Moreover, most of the states that have stopped giving out money are rural, and many of them are right-leaning. Which isn't a particularly surprising outcome, when you consider the GOP-spun narrative that welfare recipients are mostly lazy, poor people who are unwilling, but not unable, to work.
