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Originally Posted by Kittypaw
I signed a form with the Welfare Office saying that if I ever got approved for SSI that I'd have to pay back the Cash Aid I'd been receiving from them meanwhile.
I saw on an another message board that sometimes Welfare only makes people pay back half of the Cash Aid they owe back, or even less. Does anyone know about this? I'm in California.
What if they take the whole Cash Aid back that I owe them, and it's more than my back pay? Will they keep taking my whole monthly check til it's all paid back or will they only take part so I'll have something to live on?
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Your agreement probably says that SSI will pay back your interim assistance for the months you were eligible for both interim assistance and SSI. For the months before you became eligible for SSI, SSI will not pay back that interim assistance. Doesn't mean you don't still owe it back.
It will be paid out of any retroactive benefits (back pay) due you before you get it.