Inadvertent overpayment may be the results of agency or household error. In all cases a claim must be established and collection action must be initiated. Repayment may be accepted in a lump sum or in negotiated payments. These may be in the form of cash, food stamps, offsets from underpayment, use of small claims court, income tax intercepts, or, in the case of participating households, voluntary withholding of part of the allotment.

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