Florida to cut federal unemployment aid as return to normal continues
Florida joins 22 other states in ending compensation early.
Floridians will have five more weeks to collect bonus unemployment aid from the federal government before the state drops the assistance.
The Department of Economic Opportunity announced Monday the state will withdraw from the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program beginning June 26. That program provides jobless Americans with $300 in assistance each week on top of state assistance, which provides a maximum of $275 per week in Florida, one of the smallest amounts in the nation.
Florida is shifting the unemployment program back to normal because the state has nearly half a million job openings, Gov.
Florida to end $300 weekly federal unemployment benefit in June By Audrea Huff and Emily Braun Tallahassee UPDATED 11:00 PM ET May. 24, 2021 PUBLISHED 10:18 AM ET May. 24, 2021 PUBLISHED 10:18 AM EDT May. 24, 2021
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Floridians receiving the weekly $300 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation benefit will no longer be able to collect that payment as of June 26, the state announced in a news release Monday.
What You Need To Know
On June 26, the $300 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation benefit will end in Florida
State officials announced the unemployment benefit change Monday
The federal benefits were scheduled to expire on Sept. 6
Several other federal jobless benefits programs
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Florida Department of Health
State health officials reported 1,606 new COVID-19 cases, Monday, for a total of 2,311,941 infections. The Florida Department of Health also reported 28 coronavirus-related deaths May 24, increasing the statewide death toll to 37,235 fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic.
The latest single-day positivity rate reported by the Florida Division of Emergency Management stood at 5.48% on Sunday. Over the past two weeks the single-day positivity rate has ranged between 4.67% and 6.52%.
The Agency for Health Care Administration reports that as of this morning the number of patients with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19 admitted to hospitals throughout the state has dropped to 2,065. In Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Hendry, Lee, Manatee and Sarasota counties combined there are currently 196 admitted patients with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19.
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