The auditor, Shad White, said in the statement that his office previously had determined that John Davis, the former executive director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, authorized payments of more than $77 million in federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families funds to two nonprofits that either misspent or improperly disbursed portions of that money. An independent accounting firm in Maryland then completed a second audit to determine who received the money from the nonprofits Source: Washington Post and Mississippi State Auditor News Release of Oct. 12, 2021, and Mississippi Department of Human Resources Report, Sept. 29, 2021,
