Hall v. Department of Social Welfare

This is an appeal from two decisions of the Vermont Human Services Board (Board) affirming denial by the Department of Social Welfare (Department) of petitioner’s applications for food stamps and fuel assistance. We affirm.

The Department terminated petitioner’s food stamp eligibility in 1984 due to her alleged failure to provide requested verification information about the composition of her house hold, as required by the Department policy guidelines. On September 19,1985, petitioner and a legal representative appeared at a district food stamp office to reapply for food stamp eligibility. She…