The three states that President Trump has formally declared coronavirus disaster areas have not received the disaster unemployment assistance that they expected to follow that designation
But the disaster unemployment benefits, arguably the most crucial funds freed up by a disaster declaration, were not made available, even as Goldman Sachs estimated that jobless claims nationwide rose last week by more than 2 million, "a roughly ninefold increase over the pre-virus level." The Labor Department will release its tally for the week ending March 21 on Thursday.
The only aid the Trump administration has yet released as a result of the three disaster declarations is for “crisis counseling.” Funds made available through a disaster declaration require separate approval, and are released at the discretion of the executive branch. A senior administration official said the administration is holding off on approving requests for disaster unemployment assistance because it anticipates Congress will provide similar protections in the coronavirus stimulus package under negotiation.
Under the GOP’s proposed version of the package, workers ineligible for traditional state-funded unemployment benefits, including self-employed workers, could receive aid from a newly created temporary Pandemic Unemployment Assistance fund. The states' request to access aid programs offered under the disaster declaration, including the disaster unemployment benefits, "remain under review at this time," a FEMA spokesperson told POLITICO.
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