Colorado to begin first phase of federal extended unemployment benefits rollout this weekend
Around 230K sent emails about starting process for Phase 1 of PUA, PEUC
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
and last updated 2021-01-29 10:19:34-05
DENVER â Some Coloradans who have desperately been waiting for federal extended unemployment benefits to come online in the state will start seeing some relief this weekend and early next week, the state department of labor and employment said Thursday.
Cher Haavind, the deputy executive director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, said the department was emailing around 230,000 people starting on Thursday who might be eligible to reopen their federal claims to begin the process.
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Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced the state, in partnership with Kroger Health, will open its first regional vaccination site at the Kentucky Horse Park in Fayette County next week. Three additional regional sites are opening through partners Ephraim McDowell Hospital in Danville and Western Baptist and Lourdes Mercy both in Paducah.
The Governor also unveiled a new state website, vaccine.ky.gov, and hotline that help Kentuckians determine if they are eligible to receive a vaccine and then helps them find one in their region.
Gov. Beshear stressed that Kentucky, like other states, receives its vaccine doses from the federal government and due to limited supplies it will take time before everyone can be vaccinated. But, he said, everyone will get a turn.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WREX) 1099-G tax forms are now available for claimants who received unemployment insurance (UI) benefits in 2020, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today.
Claimants who collected UI benefits last year need the 1099-G tax form from IDES to complete state and federal tax returns. The form is necessary for individuals who received state or federal UI benefits.
This includes claimants who received regular UI benefits and/or benefits under the new federal pandemic relief programs, including Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Lost Wages Assistance (LWA), and state Extended Benefits (EB).
The number of displaced workers filing initial claims for unemployment benefits continued to decline since the start of the year, but they still are higher than they were when nearly two dozen larger counties went into a higher lockdown due to the pandemic back in November.
By the end of last week, 11,432 more workers filed for regular state aid, but the number of people filing for the renewed federal programs â Pandemic Unemployment Assistance for gig and self-employed workers, and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation that adds 13 more weeks for people whose regular unemployment has run out â isnât yet known.
Thatâs because the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment is still reprograming its new online filing system to process those claims.
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