Double Troubles
Published on April 11, 2008
Eduardo came to us after two major setbacks. First, his social security benefits were cut off because he left California to tend for his son, who’d become ill in Washington. Years later, he received a notice telling him that he owed more than $33,000 in back pay. This bolt from the blue, he learned, was due to a previous felony in California that had cast him into felony fugitive status. An intern at the Center was able to do some research that ultimately resulted in getting Eduardo’s warrant dismissed and the back-pay demand dismissed. Social Security also reimbursed him for a period in which they’d stopped sending his checks and also confirmed that he could continue to receive benefits in the future.