FAQ on the Stimulus Bill & Information on Expanded Unemployment Benefits
Click here for Frequently Asked Questions on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security Act (CARES) Act, including information on the stimulus checks, and expanded unemployment benefits, amounts and who's elgible.
More information on the expanded unemployment benefits in the CARE Act.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security (CARES) Act temporarily supplements UI benefit amounts and extends the duration of those benefits. There are three main components to the Act which increase and extend unemployment benefits.
Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (PUC)
From the date the bill is signed through July 31, 2020, all regular UI and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claimants will receive their usual calculated benefit plus an additional $600 per week in compensation
Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC)
The CARES Act also provides an additional 13 weeks of state UI benefits, which will become available after someone exhausts all their regular state UI benefits. All but eight states offer 26 weeks of UI benefits.[1]
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA)
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) provides emergency unemployment assistance to workers who are left out of regular state UI or who have exhausted their state UI benefits (including any Extended Benefits that might become available in the future). Up to 39 weeks of PUA are available to workers who are immediately eligible to receive PUA. The program will expire on December 31, 2020, unless otherwise extended.
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