About 10.6 million people will lose their benefits by mid-April and won t qualify for more aid through other programs, according to The Century Foundation analysis, authored by senior fellow Andy Stettner and Elizabeth Pancotti, a policy advisor at Employ America.
That figure amounts to roughly 1.5 million more workers than were poised to lose jobless benefits in December, according to the analysis.
Biden stimulus plan
Biden s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief proposal would extend and enhance jobless benefits. Aid would last until Aug. 29 and include a $400-a-week boost to benefits (up from the current $300), according to a proposal issued Monday by Democrats in the House.
Displaced workers who saw their federal unemployment aid run out before several programs ended in December can reopen or file new claims under renewed programs later this month.
(Richmond)- Virginia's unemployment extension program is active and benefits could go out as early as Thursday. The Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program offers eleven weeks of payments to people who have exhausted traditional unemployment. The Virginia Employment Commission says around 80-thousand people are eligible for the funding.
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