Stimulus For Unemployment Extension

The extra assistance was set to end on dec.

Stimulus for unemployment extension. Those benefits will be extended for 11 weeks until march 14. The package is expected to include 180 billion to fund a 300 per week supplemental unemployment benefit that will last until march 2021. The stimulus deal also extends the pandemic unemployment assistance program.

As covered in this previous blog under the cares act that program created a federal unemployment scheme for workers who are out of work due to covid 19 but are not eligible for unemployment under their state s unemployment laws including the self employed. Cnn jobless americans won t lose out on any benefits in the 900 billion stimulus deal even though president donald trump did not sign it into law until sunday. President elect joe biden released the details of his 1 9 trillion stimulus plan thursday which will include more unemployment checks.

Lawmakers struck a roughly 900 billion covid 19 stimulus deal that includes another round of stimulus checks and badly needed jobless benefits for struggling americans ending a long standoff in. Also includes in the package is a third stimulus check a. The stimulus bill also extends through march 14 2021 the provision in the families first coronavirus response act that provided temporary full federal financing of the extended benefits program.

The unemployed will get the 300. 11 more weeks of unemployment benefits the stimulus bill will extend both the pua and peuc programs for 11 weeks as well as top up regular state benefits with an extra 300 in weekly jobless aid. These programs were originally scheduled to expire.

The communications officer for job service north dakota says initial information shows the government will provide an extra 300 per week.