At least dozens of Scott County parents who were sent unsolicited food assistance cards this summer are now receiving letters threatening referral to debt collection if they don’t pay back the state within 30 days.

Families received EBT cards earlier this summer worth $120 per child in their household, but are now being told by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services that the full amount on the card must be paid back to the state, whether or not they actually used the card.

A copy of one letter sent to a family in Georgetown last week indicated their receipt of an EBT card was “an Agency Error,” as they are ineligible for benefits.

The letter adds that if the family does not send the form and a payment to the state within 30 days, “we will send your claim to other agencies o

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