The petition will be presented by a couple who spent several weeks living in a tent after moving on to Universal Credit, surviving on £4 a day between them.
Nearly half of people claiming Universal Credit in Scotland have chosen for their payments to be paid in a different way when offered the choice by the Scottish Government.
The Association recommends that legacy claimants should be passported to Universal Credit automatically, and that the migration of claimants should be paused while issues are addressed.
Child Poverty Action Group says working people claiming universal credit are losing the effects of ‘work allowances’ simply because of the dates on which their paydays and universal credit 'assessment periods' happen to fall.