use. they can have itas. >> lots of resources. >> what would it mean to you and your family if you were to lose your unemployment benefits at the end of the month? >> well, it's already tough making it on what we're currently getting. so it would be just that much more difficult for my family to move forward. >> and you've been unemployed since the summer of this year. and you've been looking. >> yes. >> there is a common misconception that a lot are just sitting at home waiting on the checks to come. >> that's not the case. >> and you've also spent the time doing what else? >> of been enrolled in the department through the department of labor, taking a clinical medical assistant course so that i can move forward toward my nursing license. i've put in for some applications at different colleges because i'm switching