Condosta v. Department of Social Welfare

Petitioner appeals a Human Services Board decision reducing his food stamp benefits. We affirm.

The present appeal is a direct result of confusion that resulted when the Department of Social Welfare failed in fact to reduce petitioner’s food stamp allotment following a July 29, 1987 decision by the Human Services Board reducing his benefits. That decision was affirmed by this Court on February 3, 1989. Condosta v. Department of Social Welfare, 151 Vt. 150, 557 A.2d 499 (1989). While that appeal was pending, petitioner’s benefits were maintained at their prior level, and for more than a year,…