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Unemployment Assistance

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided the Commonwealth access to an allocation of $174,305,508 in recovery funds through the Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act. The state will continue to work to implement necessary legislative and regulatory changes needed to access these resources.

  • Federal Recovery Benefits for Unemployed Workers

    Provide a $25 increase in weekly benefits, federal tax exemption on the first $2,400 of benefits, extended deadlines for EUC08 program and federal subsidy on COBRA premiums.

  • Federal Subsidy for COBRA Premiums

    You must have been involuntarily terminated from employment between September 1, 2008 and May 31, 2010, and meet other requirements.

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