Must provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.
Topic: Public Assistance, Decided by: Judge Walker-Russell
Docket Number: ***** , Decision Date: August 12, 2014
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Docket Number: ***** , Decision Date: August 12, 2014
Attachment: Click here to download the decision.
The Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) failed to comply with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act—which requires public entities to provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities—when it failed to extend an application renewal deadline to an individual suffering from schizophrenia who was unable to complete his application for food stamps due to the temporary exacerbation of his symptoms.