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Continuing to Receive Your Benefits - Aid Pending
If you are requesting a hearing because you received a Notice of Action saying your aid will be reduced or stopped, you may continue receiving your existing aid amount until the hearing date IF you file your hearing request BEFORE the effective date shown on the Notice of Action. This is called AID PENDING.
Exception: If the county wants to reduce or stop your food stamps and you request a hearing before the effective date, you will ONLY continue to receive the existing amount of your food stamps until the end of your current certification period. This may be sooner than your hearing date.
If you receive aid pending and the hearing decision is not in your favor, you will be asked to repay the amount of cash aid and food stamps you received as aid pending.
If you request a hearing AFTER the effective date shown on the Notice of Action, the county may reduce or stop your aid even though you requested a hearing.