Parago v. Department of Public Welfare

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

This is an appeal from an order of the Department of Public Welfare withholding the payment of public assistance benefits. The Department claimed a violation of departmental regulations in the appellant’s failure to report receipt of a resource and in her subsequent transfer of a resource without departmental knowledge and approval.

It appeared from testimony at the Departmental hearing that the appellant, the mother of four children, liad been receiving public assistance for approximately two years. One Clarence Fisher had been a boarder in her home at various intervals…