Patrick Morrisey promoting West Virginia’s back-to-school sales tax holiday, the annual School Clothing Allowance program funded through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program went dark, leading lawmakers and advocates to ask why. DoHS appreciates the strong response to this year’s School Clothing Allowance program.” DoHS announced on July 10 that it would begin accepting applications for the School Clothing Allowance program on July 20 after service providers were left in the dark when the program did not begin on July 1. The School Clothing Allowance is one of several programs funded through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), also called WV WORKS. Legislative reaction to the halting of the School Clothing Allowance was bipartisan in disappointment.