United States Today Government support continues in the face of economic devastation
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The U.S. government has implemented several programs to mitigate the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the finances of American families, and although several of them remain standing, andFederal unemployment insurance ended this Sunday, September 5, but there is an alternative and here at MARCA Of course we tell you what you need to know.
It should be noted that the insurance lasted for 18 months and at least 9 million Americans received it some benefit from this government plan. However the help ended and at least 3 million citizens will no longer receive approximately $ 300 in accordance with The Century Foundation, the problem is that U.S. residents remain concerned about the Delta variant gaining strength in several regions of the country.
As an alternative there extended benefits lasting up to 13 weeks, But it should be noted that this program it will only be active in the event that any of the states maintains a high level of unemployment formal.
The US government also implemented the possibility that the interested party receives up to seven weeks of payment through the Benefit Program in the same extremely high unemployment periods.
Each state in the American Union will retain the option to receive Extended Benefits, though not everyone who qualified for regular state benefits will be able to claim these sums. so the interested party needs to go directly to the state agency nearest to check if it qualifies.
If you have previously received regular state benefits, the payment for this extension will be exactly the same through weekly sums.
No extra action is needed as the state suffering from extreme unemployment to report possible eligible for Extended Benefit and as mentioned in the previous point, citizens can go directly to the state unemployment insurance agency.
So far there is no additional information on whether it is essential to carry out any procedure. simply state agencies will be communicating with the unemployed from each region that previously received this support.
We must not forget that The United States suffered 5.4% unemployment in August, with a fall of 14.7% over the previous year, that is why the country enabled $ 350 million to extend these financial aid programs.