

In Arkansas, there were 3,040 applicants for TANF in 2016 after the legislation passed in 2015. Only six people were tested. Two came back positive. Cost: $30,243.

Governor Hutchinson maintained that the program was meant to help people, not punish the poor.

The Think Progress report was its third on the program. It notes that states spent nearly $2 million in the first two years it tracked spending. Think Progress concluded: “That’s money that could instead be going to cash benefits or work supports for the recipients themselves.”