Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC)
: This program provides an additional $600 in weekly unemployment insurance benefits to eligible claimants.
Currently testing the system for this program and anticipate making the first payments by April 17, 2020.
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA)
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This program provides unemployment compensation for individuals not eligible for regular unemployment insurance or any extensions to unemployment insurance.
This will provide benefits to eligible self-employed workers and independent contractors.
We anticipate the system will be ready to accept claims for this assistance around April 25, 2020.
Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC)
: This program provides up to 13 additional weeks of benefits for those who have exhausted their state unemployment benefits.
A definitive timeline for completing system updates for this program is not yet available.