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SLOCUM v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE

Nos. 88-338, 88-589.

580 A.2d 951 (1990)

Constance SLOCUM, Richard Wilson, Glendeen Bragg, Stephen Yates and Marjorie Kimber v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE. Cindy CLARK v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

June 29, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. McCullough III, Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Montpelier, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Atty. Gen., Montpelier, and Jane Elizabeth Gomez and Donelle Staley, Asst. Attys. Gen., Waterbury, for defendant-appellee.

Before ALLEN, C.J., PECK and GIBSON, JJ., and BARNEY, C.J. (Ret.) and SPRINGER, District Judge (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

ALLEN, Chief Justice.

Petitioners appeal from a decision of the Human Services Board (Board) authorizing the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) to recover from Supplemental Security Income (SSI) awards, General Assistance (GA) benefits paid by DSW. We reverse and remand.

SSI is a federally funded and operated program with its own disability and financial eligibility requirements. In 1974, Congress amended the Social Security Act to enable the Social Security...

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