PROVIDENCE – The federal government has stepped up its effort to recoup $37.3 million in overpayments from the state that went out from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – formerly known as food stamps – during the botched Raimondo-era rollout of a new computerized eligibility-verification system known as “UHIP.” The Rhode Island Department of Human […]
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Oregon seeks to recoup overpayments to unemployed. Judge to decide if it’s legal
Rowan Hayes was cautiously optimistic when she read a Dec. 6, 2023, letter from the Oregon Employment Department saying she was eligible for unemployment benefits she received during the pandemic and would be getting a refund on money the department had ordered her to pay back. The letter, dated 10 days after the Statesman Journal […]