Stimulus Unemployment Update Texas

Austin the 2 trillion federal stimulus package will provide quick relief to unemployed workers and struggling texas businesses hit hard by the covid 19 pandemic.

Stimulus unemployment update texas. On december 27 2020 president donald j. Which states are starting to pay after new stimulus bill approval several state unemployment agencies have already started paying the 300 unemployment boost. The new stimulus deal also introduces a new 300 weekly supplemental unemployment benefit.

The stimulus package adds 11 weeks of unemployment with an expiration date of march 14. More unemployment checks are coming one state at a time. In order to qualify for the full amount you must have made less than 75 000 or 150 000 as married couple.

Trump signed into law the continued assistance act which extends the unemployment benefits claim programs created under the coronavirus aid relief and economic security act cares act once the legislation is enacted the texas workforce commission twc will work to implement the new legislation as quickly as possible. There s an overflow period that lasts until april 5 for those who exhausted their state s benefits before. Sarah tew cnet president elect joe biden released the details of his 1 9 trillion stimulus plan thursday which will include more.

Disaster relief funds increased unemployment compensation and extended duration part of federal package to help unemployed workers and businesses affected by covid 19. That s a sigh of relief for texans who have either run out of state unemployment benefits or stopped getting checks and can t get through to the texas workforce commission for answers like.