Petitioner, an army enlistee, lives with his wife and child on a military base. He receives free housing that is reported as a basic housing allowance for tax purposes; however, under the food stamp manual, in-kind benefits, which are not in the form of money payable to the Petitioner, are excluded from income eligibility calculations. […]
The Superior Court of Cobb County affirmed Judge Schroer’s decision to terminate and disqualify Petitioner, the operator of a child care center, from participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The Department disqualified Petitioner from the CACFP program after finding that the owner continued to act in a management and oversight role after
Petitioner contested the suspension of his driver’s license following a DUI arrest. At the hearing, while the arresting officer testified that he read the implied consent notice to the Petitioner, he did not read the implied consent notice card into the record, nor did he tender a copy of the card as an exhibit. Absent evidence
Officer must read implied consent notice or tender card into the record. Read More
Petitioner’s name was properly placed on the Nurse Aide Registry for neglecting a resident after Petitioner, in response to a resident’s yelling, repeatedly poured water directly into a resident’s open mouth while the resident was lying flat on his back in bed. Petitioner’s actions constituted neglect as they could have caused aspiration and, as such,
The Department of Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (OIS), failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that Respondent committed an intentional food stamp program violation. OIS sought to prove that Respondent lived with the father of one of her children, yet did not report his income in applying for food stamp benefits.
Use of mailing address did not prove living arrangement in light of other evidence. Read More
The Department of Community Health (DCH) could not terminate Petitioner’s SOURCE benefits on the grounds that his limitations stem from a developmental disability, thereby placing him outside the program’s target population. Petitioner was not born mentally disabled or developmentally delayed but, rather, suffered cognitive loss as a result of seizures. Furthermore, Petitioner meets the requisite intermediate
Cognitive loss caused by seizures within target population for SOURCE. Read More
