Thirty-year-old SNAP overpayments still being collected

About a month ago, Sue Good of McLeansboro got some mail from the state of Illinois. The Department of Human Services said it wanted some of its money back. Specifically, the department wanted Good to repay $242 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, the program once more commonly known as food stamps. DHS said the money was an overpayment of SNAP benefits.

The overpayment occurred from August through November in 1985.

“Do you think anybody has some kind of paperwork (from 30 years ago)?” Good said. “I think if you had 30-year-old papers, you would be like ‘I think you need to call (the TV show) 'Hoarders.'’”

DHS says there’s a reason someone may get a notice to repay improper payments made decades ago – both federal regulations and state law require that an effort be made to recoup the money.

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