article_snippet.sent: When Brownback became governor in 2011, the program served 38,900 people statewide.
article_snippet.sent: Today that number has dwindled to 15,500, according to statistics compiled by the Kansas Department for Children and Families.
article_snippet.sent: Numbers of food stamp recipients – a completely separate category of government welfare – have ticked down by just 6 per cent during the same period, however.
article_snippet.sent: Poverty rates among children have remained constant, according to the social-services nonprofit group Kansas Action for Children .