Cruz v. District of Columbia Department of Human Services

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Petitioner challenges the decision by the District of Columbia Department of Human Services (DHS) that terminated his receipt of public assistance. We remand for a determination of the amount that petitioner’s public assistance would be reduced as a result of his receipt of federal educational assistance.

Petitioner is a 51-year-old carpenter, disabled due to a back injury, who returned to school in order to earn an electrical engineering degree from the University of the District of Columbia. He was certified as eligible for and in fact received general public…