Quarterman v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

DAVIS, Judge.

Appellant, Tamela Quarterman, appeals from an order of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services Office of Public Assistance Appeal Hearings affirming the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services’ (“the department”) action to reduce appellant’s Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits in order to recover AFDC overpayments made to appellant’s mother at a time when appellant was a member of her mother’s assistance unit. Appellant argues on appeal (1) that the hearing officer erred in allowing the department to recoup five percent of appellant’s…