Vasquez v. Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare

Opinion by

Judge Ckaig,

Petitioner Marcial C. Vasquez, who has been initially a recipient of state general assistance (GA) and subsequently a recipient of federal supplemental security income (SSI) benefits covering part of the same period, claims that the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) has withheld from him more money than is required or authorized to recoup from him “the amount of State assistance paid ... in the interim.” The quoted terms are from DPW Form PA-176 S, which the recipient executed when he applied for the SSI benefits.

The recipient was paid GA benefits from…