Owens v. Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

This is an appeal by Sharon R. Owens of an order of the Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare (Department) which denied her a special one-time grant to purchase an automobile. We affirm.

Sharon R. Owens was receiving public assistance in the amount of $318.00 per month for herself and her four year old twins. In September of 1981, Owens secured a job in a department store and sought a grant to purchase an automobile under Department regulations1 in order to transport her twins to a day care center and herself to work. At the time of the request, Owens owned and…