Clarifying Information - WAC 388-410-0030

Calculating the Overpayment The overpayment amount is the difference between what the client received and what they were eligible to receive. For Administrative Errors where the household has earned income, apply the earned income deduction to all earned income, reported or unreported. For Inadvertent Household Errors with unreported earnings, don’t apply the earned income disregard to the portion of earnings that wasn’t reported timely.

iii. For trafficking, the overpayment amount will be provided by the court or in a signed agreement.

b. When determining an overpayment amount, subtract any outstanding underpayment from an overpayment to get the net overpayment amount.

Overpayment timeframes: For both AE and IHE overpayments, review 12 months from the date of awareness.

Overpayments discovered by QC Reviews: If the department discovered an overpayment or ineligibility for benefits through the federal QC process we must set up an overpayment regardless of the amount.

Overpayments discovered outside the QC Review process : If we didn't discover the overpayment through the federal QC process, we set up an overpayment if: The responsible household members still receive Basic Food or WASHCAP benefits and the overpayment is over $85 ; or The overpayments total more than $125 and the responsible household members don’t receive Basic Food or WASHCAP. The thresholds remain the same when the overpayment will be referred as IPV.

OFR collects on established debts regardless of the amount. The $85 and $125 thresholds related to QC findings apply to whether or not we establish an overpayment for Basic Food or WASHCAP. OFR collects on established overpayments regardless of the amount. This includes when we: Set up an overpayment for an AU who no longer receives Basic Food; or Modify an existing overpayment.

OFR is the point of contact for “compromising” (reducing) overpayment balances or making decisions on waiving overpayment collections. Clients must be referred to OFR for these requests.

Trafficking claims are for the entire amount trafficked.

When overpaid but still eligible, the emergency supplement isn’t increased to make up the overpaid amount.