Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA)
This CARES Act program initially provided thirty-nine (39) weeks of unemployment benefits for gig, contract, and self-employed workers from 2/2/20 through 12/26/20. Claimants must be denied regular Unemployment Insurance to be eligible for PUA. With the Continued Assistance Act, these benefits have been extended an additional eleven (11) weeks, up to a total of fifty (50) weeks. This extension ends 3/13/21, but claimants who have benefits remaining on 3/14/21 may continue to receive those benefits until 4/5/21 or until benefits are exhausted.
Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC)
This CARES Act program initially provided up to thirteen (13) weeks of extended benefits for individuals who have exhausted their regular Unemployment Insurance benefits. These benefits were initially available between 3/29/20 through 12/26/20. With the Continued Assistance Act, these benefits have been extended an additional eleven (11) weeks, up to a total of twenty-four (24) weeks. This extension ends 3/13/21, but claimants who have benefits remaining on 3/14/21 may continue to receive those benefits until 4/5/21 or until benefits are exhausted.
Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC)
This CARES Act program initially provided an extra $600 on top of regular UI, PUA, and PEUC payments. These funds originally discontinued after 7/25/20. With the new Continued Assistance Act, benefits now include an extra $300 on top of UI, PUA, and PEUC payments. This new benefit is effective 12/27/20 through 3/14/21.