Amour v. Department of Social Welfare

The Department of Social Welfare appeals from a decision of the Human Services Board ordering the Department to consider depreciation costs in calculating the net income of self-employed food stamp recipients. We reverse.

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Petitioners appealed to the Board from the Department’s termination or reduction of their food stamp benefits. They argued that by failing to consider depreciation as a cost of producing self-employment income, the Department overestimated their net incomes and improperly reduced their food stamp benefits. The Department maintained that the applicable federal and state…