Rooney v. Department of Public Welfare

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FLAHERTY.

Melissa M. Rooney (Rooney) petitions, pro se, for review from the final order of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) which denied Rooney’s applications for reconsideration of the decisions of the Bureau of Hearings and Appeals (Bureau) and upheld the orders of the Bureau dated July 16, 2008 and August 18, 2008, which determined that the interception of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax refunds were properly retained by the Commonwealth and applied to the amount of child support arrears owed to the DPW. We affirm.

Rooney is a former cash assistance recipient…