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TAFDC Advocacy Guide

• Introduction
• Part 1: General Eligibility Rules
• Part 2: Assistance Units
• Part 3: Time Limit and Work Program Rules and Exemptions
• Part 4: Financial Eligibility
• Part 5: Benefits and Services
• Part 6: Applications and Proofs
• Part 7: Proving Continuing Eligibility
• Part 8: Appeal Rights
• Part 9: Overpayments and Fraud
  • 117. What if you are overpaid?
  • 118. What is an intentional program violation? What is welfare fraud?
  • 119. Can DTA stop your benefits for an intentional program violation?
  • 120. What should you do if you are told to go to a Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI) interview?
  • 121. Can you go to jail? Will you have a criminal record?
  • 122. Can DTA cut your benefits to pay itself back?
  • 123. How does DTA collect overpayments if you are not receiving benefits?
• Appendices

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Massachusetts Law Reform Institute

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Reviewed

January 2024

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Part 9 of the TAFDC Advocacy Guide has information about what happens if you were overpaid TAFDC benefits in Massachusetts or if DTA says there is fraud.

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TAFDC Advocacy Guide Part 9: Overpayments and Fraud (January 2024). 

116. Can you fix problems without going to a hearing?

117. What if you are overpaid?

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