Indiana might have to pay $10 million for wasting federal funds by not transitioning enough welfare recipients into the workforce last year. Indiana was the only state in the nation to not meet their goal.

A $10 million penalty would mean that about 5 percent of the state’s annual welfare funds. These funds pay for career training, financial aid, child care, child abuse prevention and other programs targeting Indiana’s needy. 

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