Cov Rooj Plaub Ntawm Kev Dag Noj Tsoom Fwv Nyiaj

If a county agency thinks you lied or did not give them the information they needed to give you public benefits, they may accuse you of welfare fraud. Public benefits include:

• MFIP (Minnesota Family Investment Program)
• DWP (Diversionary Work Program)
• SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) (food stamps)
• Childcare assistance
• GA (General Assistance)
• Housing Support (formerly known as Group Residential Housing)
• MSA (Minnesota Supplemental Aid)
• Emergency Assistance (EA)
• Emergency General Assistance (EGA)
• and others

Fraud also includes selling or trying to sell SNAP benefits or EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) cards. Or trying to buy tobacco or alcohol with an EBT card.

Often its best to say nothing. Anything you say to a county fraud investigator or in a civil ADH hearing (see below) can be used against you later. If you say or sign something, it can be held against you. If you answer questions, anything you say can be used against you.

But, under the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, you have the right to not answer questions! The 5th Amendment means you don’t have to talk to the county fraud investigator. You don’t have to testify against yourself in a criminal case or an ADH hearing. It may help to talk to a lawyer about this issue. 

Fraud txhais tias dag lossis zais lus qhia kom thiaj tau kev pab nyiaj txiag. Nws hais txog kev muag lossis sim muag nyiaj muas noj SNAP lossis daim npav EBT. Yuav lossis sim yuav luam yeeb lossis dej cawv nrog daim npav EBT yog kev dag txhaum cai thiab.

Yog lub nroog xav tias koj tau ua cov no, lawv muaj feem ua ntawv foob txim thiab/lossis tej zaum tuav rooj plaub hais administrative disqualification hearing (ADH). ADH yog ib rooj hais plaub los txiav txim seb koj puas tau uas lub txim dag kom tau MFIP, DWP, kev pab zov menyuam, Nyiaj luam pab neeg (GA), nyiaj pab them nqi tsev (yav tas hu ua Group Residential Housing), Minnesota Supplemental Aid (MSA), SNAP (nyiaj muas noj), Emergency Assistance (EA) thiab Emergency General Assistance (EGA).

Hauv rau plaub (ADH), lub nroog yuav tsum muaj pov thawj tseeb thiab txaus ntseeg tias muaj kev dag txhaum cai. Qhov no txhais tias lawv yuav tsum muaj pov thawj qhia tias koj tau ua lossis txhob txwm hais tej yam kom tau ib yam dabtsi los ntawm lub nroog koj tsis tsim nyog tau.

Feem ntau, koj cov kev pab nyiaj txiag raug txiav txog 1 lub xyoos rau thawj zaus txhaum, 2 lub xyoo yog koj ua txhaum zaus ob thiab tag sim neeg rau txhaum zaus peb. Yog koj muab koj tshem tawm ntawm MFIP, koj xiam SNAP raug. Yog tus kws txiav txim paub tias koj tau nyiaj muas noj SNAP nyob ntau tshaj ib lub xeev thaum tib lub sijhawm, koj yuav xiam SNAP txog 10 lub xyoo. Koj tsis raug kaw los ntawm rooj plaub ADH, tabsis txhua yam lus koj hais lossis tej yam lub nroog paub nyob hauv ADH yuav muab siv los foob tau koj ntawm rooj plaub raug kaw. Koj muaj feem ua ntawv foob rov hais dua hauv lub tsev hais plaub loj. Ua tib zoo saib cov hnub kawg tsis pub dhau rov hais dua.  Saib peb daim ntawv tseeb Rov Mus Hais Dua hauv Tsev Hais Plaub Loj Txog Tsoom Fwv Kev Pab.

Tej zaum lub nroog yuav kom koj kos npe rau tsab ntawv tso tseg koj txojcai mus hais rooj plaub. Hu legal aid nrhiav kev pab ua ntej koj xee npe. Yog koj kos npe, koj muab koj txojcai los hais rooj plaub tso tseg. Koj yeej yuav xiam koj cov kev pab nyiaj txiag txawm tias koj tsis lees cov lus lub nroog iab liam tias koj tau ua. Yog koj kos npe rau tsab ntawv, tej zaum koj muab qhov 30 hnub los pauv koj qhov kev xav los tiv tauj legal aid yog koj muaj lus nug.

Ua tau. Lub nroog muaj feem tsub txim txhaum cai rau ntawm ADH thiab txim raug kaw.  Txhua yam lus koj hais qhia lus nroog muab siv rov qab los foob koj tom tau. Yog koj hais ib nqe lus lossis kos npe rau ib daim ntawv, tej zaum koj muab koj cov cai los siv txoj kevcai 5th amendement tso tseg tom qab, hauv rooj plaub raug kaw hais muaj yeej mauj swb. Qhov 5th Amendment yog txojcai koj muaj los tsis txhob hais lus rov foob koj tus kheej hauv rooj plaub txhaum cai raug kaw. Koj yuav tsum mus nrog ib tug kws lijchoj tham txog cov lus ntxiv ntawm no.

Daim ntawv thov rov qab hais dua nrog rooj plaub dag nyiaj ntawm ADH. Mus nrhiav kev pab los ntawm kws lijchoj tam sim no. Rooj plaub hais yuav nyuaj heev, vim qhov lub nroog muab los uas pov thawj txawv ntawm qhov txiav koj cov nyiaj dua qhov koj dag. Lub nroog tsuas tau muaj pov thawj los qhia tias ib co lub tseeb nyob lawv sab xwb los txiav lossis txo koj cov kev pab nyiaj txiag. Tabsis lawv yuav tsum muaj pov thawj tseeb thiab txaus ntseeg los rau qhov kev dag.

Ces koj yuav tsum nug kom lawv tso tseg lossis muab ncua ADH rooj plaub. Koj yuav tsum mus nrog ib tug kws lijchoj hais cov plaub raug txim kaw sai li sai tau. Tej zaum koj tsim nyog tau ib tug kws lijchoj dawb. Mus nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv lub tsev hais plaub tham txog tias yuav ua ntawv thov ib tug kws lijchoj dawb li cas.

Yog pom tau tias koj txhaum lub txim dag khib lav tau nyiaj luam ntawm tsoom fwv, koj poob koj cov kev pab nyiaj. Koj muaj feem raug kaw lossis raug nplua. Koj xiam koj qhov kev pab nyiaj 1 lub xyoo  thawj zaus koj ua txhaum, 2 lub xyoo yog ua txhaum zaus ob thiab mus tas sim neej yog ua txhaum zaus peb. Qhov no muaj tseeb txawm tias koj nyob hauv lub khoos kas saib xyuas lossis lub tsev hais plaub ncua tuav thiab raug khoo “probation.”

Yog tias koj tsis xam xaj U.S., mus nrog ib tug kws lijchoj tham sai li sai tau. Cov teeb meem saum toj muaj feem cuam tshuam tau koj cov xwm txheej nyob tebchaws no.