A Study on Children's House Consignment Issues in the Social Service Agency Law

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 215-233
Author(s):  
Kwang-Lae Kim ◽  
Jin-Ho Jeon
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Service Agency ◽  
Social Service Agency ◽  
The Social

Problems in Pocatello: A Study in Linguistic Misunderstanding

1984 ◽  
Vol 6 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 6-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Joans
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Supplemental Security Income ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Service Agency ◽  
Social Service Agency ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Indian Women ◽  
The Social

In November, 1978, the Pocatello Social Service Agency accused six older Bannock-Shoshoni women from the Fort Hall reservation of withholding financial information while receiving supplemental security income (SSI). The women were charged with fraud and ordered to repay the SSI payments. With the help of an Idaho legal aid office, the women contested the agency ruling on repayment. Legal Aid contended that the women were misinformed of SSI rules and of their individual responsibilities. The social service agency claimed the women knew the rules and chose to ignore them. When the disagreement ended up in court, I was asked to help out. The issue seemed clear. Did the Indian women understand what was expected of them?

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