Unemployment benefits continue Posted: Jul 16, 2021 8:10 PM Posted By: Porsha Williams TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - Officials with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development held a news conference today. They addressed Hoosier concerns and frustrations over unemployment benefits. Indiana's unemployment checks stopped on June 26th, but now they're back up and rolling. For some folks in the Wabash Valley, the process of getting that assistance hasn't been easy. According to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, this time last year, 11.2 percent of Hoosiers were out of a job. Now that number is down to 4.1 percent. Since March 2020, the state has distributed 8-point-6 billion dollars to 875,000 people. So what took so long for benefits to start back up? The department says it had to reach out to the U.S. Department of Labor.