CT, NY receive FEMA approval for $300 weekly supplemental unemployment payments

Connecticut and New York have been approved for grants under FEMA”™s Lost Wages Assistance program, which will allow both states to provide $300 per week ”“ on top of their regular unemployment benefit ”“ to those unemployed due to Covid-19.

unemployment FEMAOn Aug. 8, President Donald Trump made available up to $44 billion from FEMA”™s Disaster Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to Americans who have lost wages due to the pandemic. FEMA will work with Govs. Ned Lamont and Andrew Cuomo to implement a system to make the funding available to residents in their respective states.

As reported yesterday, eligibility includes:

  • Recipients of at least $100 per week of any of the following benefits for the week they are seeking unemployment benefits;
  • Claimants receiving unemployment compensation including state and federal workers and former service members as well as those receiving PUA, extended benefits, or high extended benefits;
  • Anyone who qualified for Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation;
  • Claimants receiving Short-Time Compensation; and
  • Workers with a Trade Readjustment Allowance.

To date, 30 states have been approved for the grants.