<aside> 💡 This page is intended to provide information to people who are looking for help navigating unemployment

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The federal CARES Act has added these provisions to expand unemployment benefits so we can help more Californians impacted by COVID-19:

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance – New program to provide unemployment benefits for people who don’t usually qualify for regular Unemployment Insurance.

Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation – A 13-week benefit extension for people who have used all benefits available in their regular Unemployment Insurance claim.

Pandemic Additional Compensation – An additional $600 federal stimulus payment automatically added to each week of benefits received between March 29 and July 25, 2020.

If you use all your Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits, you may qualify for a FED-ED extension.

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1. Who is eligible for Unemployment benefits?

• When filing for UI benefits, you must have earned enough wages during the base period to establish a claim, and be:

2. How to File for Unemployment

• Unemployment benefits are offered on a state by state basis. Find your state from the map linked below to find it:

3. Benefit Programs Online

• Once you have finished creating an account, services such as these will become available to you