Quote: What does Assignment of Support Rights mean? If you receive cash benefits, all support including arrears (back support) will be paid to the State. This is called "assignment of support rights" and is required by law. When cash benefits stop, you will get current support but arrears may go to the State to repay the cash and other reimbursable assistance that you received for your family. Reimbursable assistance is the cash assistance and other assistance such as childcare and transportation that you and your family received. The State can only collect arrears equal to the arrears assigned to the State or the total reimbursable assistance, whichever is less. Medical support may be paid to the State. The State will only keep medical support up to the amount paid under the Medical Assistance Program. Click here for more information about child support payments.
What is a Support pass-through? Every month that the amount of child support owed is paid on time for a family receiving assistance, DPW pays a portion of the child support to the custodial parent or caretaker. This is called the child support pass-through. A family will receive up to $50 in child support pass-through, regardless of the number of children. The support pass-through is based on the part of the support payment that Federal law allows Pennsylvania to keep, which is about 54 percent. For example:
If DPW collects $111.24 or more of current child support in November 2005, the support pass-through for December is $50.00.
If DPW collects $100 of current child support in November 2005, the support pass-through for December is $44.95.
SO actually . . I'll probably be getting LESS than I am receiving now. I would like to cancel it (being my state aid) as soon as I start receiving money from him but I'm scared they'd take it anyway and leave me with nothing Someone else posted something . . . I didn't get a chance to read it though.
