The Biden ARP stimulus bill continued the supplementary $300 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) payment that was already in place for another 25 weeks. In most states this will cover the benefit weeks ending March 20th, 2021 to September 4th, 2021. However per the table below many states are ending this payment much earlier than planned.
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Eligibility criteria is the same as earlier FPUC payments where the claimant has to be getting $1 from any underlying regular state or federally funded unemployment benefit program during the 25 week coverage period. Any payments will be retroactively caught up for eligible weeks.
States Ending $300 Weekly Payment Early
The following states are ending the $300 payment earlier than the Sep 6th expiry:
States Ending Unemployment Early | Programs Ending | Termination Date |
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Alabama | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 19th, 2021 |
Alaska | $300 FPUC | June 12th, 2021 |
Arizona | $300 FPUC | July 10th, 2021 |
Arkansas | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 26th, 2021 |
Florida | $300 FPUC | June 26th, 2021 |
Georgia | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 26th, 2021 |
Idaho | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 19th, 2021 |
Indiana | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 19th, 2021* (Legal Challenge) |
Iowa | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 12th, 2021 |
Louisiana | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | July 31st, 2021 |
Maryland | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | July 3rd, 2021* (Legal Challenge; Still paying) |
Mississippi | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 12th, 2021 |
Missouri | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 12th, 2021 |
Montana | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 26th, 2021 |
Nebraska | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 19th, 2021 |
New Hampshire | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 19th, 2021 |
North Dakota | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 19th, 2021 |
Ohio | $300 FPUC | June 26th, 2021 |
Oklahoma | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 26th, 2021 |
South Carolina | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 30th, 2021 |
South Dakota | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 26th, 2021 |
Tennessee | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | July 3rd, 2021 |
Texas | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 26th, 2021 |
Utah | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 26th, 2021 |
West Virginia | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 19th, 2021 |
Wyoming | $300 FPUC, PUA, PEUC, MEUC | June 19th, 2021 |
Do I need to take any action to be paid the $300 FPUC?
Like prior FPUC weekly payments, you won’t have to to take any additional action to receive this supplemental payment from your state UI agency. Just continue to file your claim each week for the unemployment benefit you are currently receiving and the supplementary payment will be added to that (including retroactive back payments) once your state agency updates their systems to make this payment.
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Were PUA and PEUC extended? Both PUA and PEUC programs were also extended (see details here) until September 6th, 2021. Additional weeks will cover people who have exhausted their current weeks or balance. See this article on what actions you may have to take to get these UI extensions, which will then enable you to get the $300 FPUC payment.
11-week Unemployment Extension under CAA Bill to March 14th 2021
The new $900 billion COVID-19 Relief Stimulus Package has now been passed by Congress and signed into law by the President. Among other enhanced unemployment programs (PUA and PEUC) it includes an extra $300 FPUC supplementary UI payment. The supplementary payment will provide up to 11 weeks of weekly payments and is expected to cover the weeks of Dec 27th, 2020 until March 14th, 2021. The actual payment date for these 11 weeks of extra payments (a maximum of $3,630) will begin a few weeks after the program start date and payments will be made retroactively.
The weekly $300 FPUC payment will be on top of any regular unemployment and require eligible claimants to certify regularly according to their state UI agency guidelines. The Department of Labor (DOL) will shortly issue final guidelines on payments and eligibility (as done with the original $600 FPUC program that expired in July 2020) and any delayed payments will be retroactively reimbursed. I will update dates/status in the table below as states implement these guidelines and start making making payments.
As a reminder, here is how most states are starting the extended enhanced unemployment payments as they update their systems to process extended claims for those who had exhausted their benefits or wanted to file a new claim on or after December 27th, 2020:
- Claimants who were receiving PUA, PEUC or EB (Extended Benefits) when the programs originally ended Dec. 26 and still had weeks left of eligibility should not see an interruption in payments, and have continued to be paid benefits in addition to the $300 FPUC as long as they were otherwise eligible.
- Claimants who had exhausted their PUA benefits or PEUC benefits on or prior to Dec. 26 and are eligible for benefits will begin receiving payments for the $300 FPUC by mid-January (see state tracker)
Irrespective of when your state starts making payments, they will include retroactive payments to week ending January 2, 2021 (Start of extension period) if eligible. In order to be paid, you must have weekly certifications on file. Claimants who are still unemployed should continue to file their weekly certifications, so that payments can be made to eligible claimants as soon as state UI systems are updated to being processing the additional payments.
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PUA, PEUC and $300 FPUC Weekly Unemployment Payment Status
State (Click state link for details) | Payment Status, Dates and Roll-out Schedule |
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Alabama | January 6th - Paying benefits to active claimants and those who have exhausted benefits and eligible for extended coverage period. |
Alaska | No update as of Jan 11th. Still waiting to implement DOL guidelines for UI extension |
Arizona | Starting the Week of January 3rd |
Arkansas | No update as of Jan 21th. DOL guidelines have been provided, but the state UI agency (ADWS) has provided very limited updates (last one of Jan 7th) and is presumably in the middle of updating their state UI systems to process payments. Until that time, they are asking folks to hold questions and refrain from calling their local offices or Hotline with questions regarding the extensions or changes. Claimants will receive notices with information specific to their UI claim status. |
California | Jan 3rd (for active claimants with with regular UI or FED-ED extension ) and Jan 10th (for those also getting extended PUA, PEUC) |
Colorado | CDLE still updating systems to process $300 and PUA/PEUC extensions. (estimated end of January) |
Connecticut | Claimants will begin receiving payment upon filing their claims beginning on Jan 3, 2021. (source: CDOL) |
Delaware | January 4th, 2021 |
District of Columbia | DES is still updating systems to process $300 and PUA/PEUC extensions (estimated end of January) |
Florida | January 12, paying out claims. DEO also says it’s still working on implementing the continuation of PEUC and PUA for claimants who had exhausted benefits (may see delays in $300 payment for this group) |
Georgia | January 2nd (for active claimants getting regular UI). Those on State Extended Benefits (SEB) and PEUC claims will get $300FPUC released after 01/12/21. PUA and PEUC claimants have exhausted benefits should not file a new claim, but should continue to request weekly payments via UI portal. Once GDOL updates systems they will make back payments for eligible weeks. |
Hawaii | Jan 11th, Paying active PUA claimants that have certified eligible claims for the week ending Jan 2nd, 2021. Eligible claimants that can certify claims on Sunday, Jan 9 for the week ending Jan 8th will also have their claims processed, including $300 FPUC. (HDOL) |
Idaho | Starting the week ending Jan 2, 2021 |
Illinois | Confirmed January 7th. Paying from the week ending Jan 2, 2021 for all programs |
Indiana | DWD began paying the additional $300 available through CAUWA on regular UI claims on Jan. 8, 2021 (still to pay those who have need to reapply for extended coverage period) |
Iowa | January 15th (Estimated) |
Kansas | No payments as of Jan 12th, official update is they are still updating systems based on DOL guidance |
Kentucky | No payments as of Jan 12th, official statement is “We are going to have to, with the new CARES Act, go in and reprogram because they (the federal government) changed, once again, who qualifies for this extra $300." |
Louisiana | Paying all benefits now. Per the Louisiana Works website, you can start or reopen a claim for unemployment insurance now to get the extension coverage. If you already have an active unemployment claim, just continue the weekly claim certification process. If you have already filed an unemployment claim due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus), you do NOT need to call the LWC. Login and check your Message Center for important details. |
Maine | Week Jan 2nd (active claims): Week of Jan 10th ( Claimants who had exhausted their PUA benefits including or prior to Dec. 26); Jan 17th (Claimants who had exhausted their original PEUC benefits including or prior to Dec. 26) (source: Maine DOL) |
Maryland | January 5th |
Massachusetts | January 6th. The additional $300 was added to weekly benefit payments for the week ending Jan 2nd. PUA claimants will receive their FPUC payments beginning Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 (retro to Jan 2nd) |
Michigan | From January 12th (for those getting regular/EB unemployment). From Jan 17th for PUA and PEUC claimants with active and remaining claim balances as of Dec 27th, 2020 Those PUA and PEUC claimants who had exhausted benefits prior to Dec 26th have to wait till programs/systems are update to file/reopen claims. No action and need to wait for updates from Michigan UIA. |
Minnesota | Starting the Week of January 3rd |
Mississippi | Starting the Week of January 3rd |
Missouri | January 18th for regular UI/EB recipients only. PUA and PEUC recipients are still waiting. Keep certifying if have an active claim balance. (Source : MO Division of Employment Security (DES)) |
Montana | January 5th - added to recipient’s state weekly benefit amount (source: Montana DOL) |
Nebraska | January 8th, 2021 |
Nevada | January 6th (active claimants). Those who exhausted benefits will have to wait until system updates are done to reopen PUA/PEUC claims (expected end of Jan) |
New Hampshire | January 5th (Source : NHES) |
New Jersey | NJ DOL experiencing delays and challenges in implementing $300 payment. Those currently collecting UI, PUA & PEUC will see $300 FPUC hit accounts from Jan 19th (estimated) and towards late Jan/early Feb for those who exhausted benefits prior to December 27th and need to reopen/refile for extended coverage. (See details in this video) |
New Mexico | January 18th (estimated) |
New York | Starting the Week of January 3rd |
North Carolina | January 6th (active claimants) |
North Dakota | Still making update to systems for PUA and PEUC recipients. ND Job Service expects to roll this out by the end of Jan 2020 (including retroactive payments) |
Ohio | ODJFS is issuing FPUC payments as of 01/16/201 for those with active PUA, PEUC and Regular UI claims and who can certify. Those who had exhausted PUA or PEUC benefits won't receive the $300 until they can file claims following system updates that will only happen in February. All claimants will eventually receive all benefits they are eligible for. |
Oklahoma | Jan 7th for active claimants and PUA/PEUC claimants who had NOT exhausted benefits as of Dec 27th. OK OESC estimates that starting on January 25th will starting pay out the $300 federal compensation to all remaining claimants. (source: OESC) |
Oregon | January 7th, 2021 (active claimants) |
Pennsylvania | Starting from Tues., January, 12 (for regular UC and EB recipients). PUA and PEUC programs are being updated to allow the extended payments to be applied for existing and newly eligible claimants. Do not file a new claim and await for instructions from PA L&I DOL |
Rhode Island | Starting the Week of January 3rd |
South Carolina | January 9th |
South Dakota | January 13th |
Tennessee | Starting the Week of January 3rd |
Texas | January 7th (regular UI). Texas TWC still updating systems for individuals unable to request payment due to having exhausted their (PUA, PEUC, EB) claims prior to Dec 26th, TWC will send them updated information once system updates have been made - no action needed now. |
Utah | Jan 7th - Paying to Regular UI and PUA claimants. PEUC claimants to start later in January (source: Utah DWS) |
Vermont | January 11th; New PUA claimants must complete an initial application for benefits before filing a weekly claim. Individuals in regular UI have already been able to file for the PEUC extension, which went live on January 3rd. Existing PUA and PEUC can file weekly claims to receive the $300 payment. (Source : Vermont DOL) |
Virginia | 01/08/2021 for UI and PEUC. The target date for implementation is 01/14/2021 for PUA with active claims/balances. PUA and PEUC claimants who exhausted benefits before 12/27 will only be able to reopen/reactivate claims after 1/29/2021, due to to delays in system updates by VEC. |
Washington | Will issue payment for the first two weeks on Jan. 15, 2021 (source: ESD WA) |
West Virginia | Starting the Week of January 3rd for all eligible recipients. You will need to reopen claim if had a gap in your filing and exhausted benefits before 12/26/20 and your initial claim year has not ended. (see WV instructions) |
Wisconsin | Started from January 15th (active claimants). |
Wyoming | January 16th |
Sate unemployment offices will need to wait for federal guidance, via the Department of Labor, to determine how to administer new benefits to residents. Some experts have already predicted it will take three to six weeks to roll out the latest unemployment enhancements included in the COVID relief rescue package.
i did assembly work for a small company which is responsible for tech work at Opera houses. In Feb 2020. i got a letter stating we would not be assembling parts as all the theaters had been closed. then in May i got another letter and it said that we would have zero chance of work thru Q3 2021. unable to find other emp,loyment i have struggled but been able to get help thru other agencies. about a month ago with no other choice i filed for food stamps. Embarrased and worried i would not qualify, i spoke with a caseworker, i ended up nearly melting down during my interview and she asaked me why i had not applied for PAU. i had no idea it even existed and did not think i wouyld qualify since i was an as needed worker. i went home and about three weeks ago applied. i have gotten a monetary determination. 169 a week, and althoughg the only issues on my account say they do not affect payment. i am pending aducation. i spoke to someone and they said it just has to be approved due to the back date and thats it. So i am wondering, if i am doing the math correctlym and they are going to pay bme for all the back pay including the 600 thru july2020 and the 300 to current? i am so nervous i can barely eat. this money could get my family back on track, but i am so scared it will be another disappointment! what are my chances
Yes I have been waiting for 4weeks and still nothing I’m waiting for the pecu it’s really been 5weeks I ran out of money December the 19th now is January 27th and still nothing how much longer is this going to take another month another week another two weeks or till March when it runs out
I have a question from Ohio… I was receiving benefits had a balance left and wasn’t due to end for another seven weeks when I got a notice December 22, 2020 saying my benefits were no longer good as of December 13, 2020 because Ohio was no longer in a high unemployment rate. My claim still says active however my determination per that notice says I’ve exhausted all of my PUA benefits and state that I am in Ineligible indefinitely.
Since you have to be eligible in order to receive these new benefits where does that leave me? This whole thing is very confusing.
I’m in the same situation,,has anyone found anything out yet???
Same question!! Have you received new payment?
So Andy I have a question that’s dated back farther, I am in NC they have the shortest weeks of unemployment. I was furloughed and eventually let go my benefits EB expired after 6wks 11/15 it made me file For PUA and it has been pending for 9 wks my portal has let me certify each Sunday as usual. I am under the impression that I should be reverted back to PEUC any help ?
I was collecting unemployment from Dec. 20 through January10, but went back to work temporarily on the week of January 11-18. Will I receive the extra $300 a week from the two weeks I was eligible? Or, because I went back to work on the week they started processing payments do I get screwed out of it again? When the extra $600 was being paid, I didn’t get laid off until the day it ended. My employer knew ahead of time that I was getting laid off but had issued a letter of reasonable assurance only to change their mind when the stimulus ended. The same thing happened the first time the extra $300 was offered. They brought me back to work just enough hours so I wouldn’t qualify, then laid me off again.
My PUA Claim had a zero balance as of 12/13/20. I filed a new claim and it say ineligible due to monetary determination. 0.00 but it only took the information as regular UI it will not let my file for PUA. Please advise. Last time you had to go not a PUA portal after you were denied regular UI. I don’t know what to do? Should I file another claim?
See this video where I covered your situation (including others around the new extension) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4FnUWMxOkU&t=1s
You can also see this in the following article – https://savingtoinvest.com/do-i-need-to-take-any-action-to-get-extended-unemployment-benefit-weeks-under-pua-peuc-eb-or-300-fpuc/
I exhausted all my michigan pua on dec 5th. I was told i dont need to do anything they will reopen it is that true or do i have to reapply
Andy I think I have a question no one have asked yet. I live in Va and I had a balance of 785.00 dollars left sunday night (1/3/21) when I tried to put my claim in for Pecu, (But it wouldn’t go through) .So I tried today and now its saying that my balance is 0 and its not allowing me to put in my weekly claim as well….
Hmm that’s strange and sounds like a VEC system issue. They are updating their systems so could take this week to show updating balances (reflecting 11 weeks). I’ll track more on the VA UI page – https://savingtoinvest.com/virginia-vec-unemployment-benefits-news-and-updates-on-extended-benefit-programs-300-lwa-pua-peuc-and-600-fpuc/
I have a PUA claim with money still on it but i can’t cerifty what can’t do my weakly claim
Call ur state unemployment office my husband did the same and they fixed it no problem
I recently lost. Y job and filed for unemployment and I got my first payment of $200.50 Then 2 days later got a monetary letter stating I was denied due to insufficient funds in my quarterly time it said to keep Filingeven know you were denied so I did but this time it offer ne 4 weeks to claim I got confused so I hung up and went on the chat line people said to claim all the weeks and that unemployment would not offer them if you weren’t entitled to them I gave been trying to go on my account and trying to talk to alive person but get nothing as much as I need this income I dont want nothing that I dont have coming to me but i cant get a hold of anyone to find out and dont want to get in trouble if they weren’t mine to claim my account does say I am already enrolled to get the additional $300 but still havent received none of the $300 payments can you help me understand this better?
My benefit year end date was12/26/20 I have exhausted my benefits. I noticed recently my benefit end date changed to 03/14/21. What I’m unsure of is do I wait to automatically get an extension or do I reapply. It does not allow me to file a weekly claim because it says my benefits have exhausted. I have a $0 balance.
You will automatically get it if you get any other form for unemployment. State UI agencies are updating their systems to make payments. Your state UI agency will send updates and may require additional documentation’s
I got re approved for pua and says 195.00 BUT it only says from Dec. 27 thru Jan 30…what happens to the 11 weeks
..will that somehow change as we go?
Hi Andy. I just applied for and was approved for pandemic UI assistance…PUA benefits.
It tells me 195.00 starting dec 27th but ends jan 30th.
Will they change that at some point to the 11 weeks and add the extra 300.00 on automatically….or did i apply incorrectly and ill only get payments for four weeks.?
Thsnk you
You will see the extra $300 added in the additions column once after certifying and approved (Paid).
I was re approved after having to update after my benefits were exhausted dec 27th. FYI…PUA was what i wss approved for and for 195.00. It stated i could start to certify today dec 4th but when i tried it wouldn’t let me.
Also instead of benefits ending in 11 weeks it says only 1 month….any idea why these two things are happening. Thanx
Starting the week ending Dec. 26 starting that week
I’m confused and can’t find answers anywhere, my state (ohio) UI ended Dec 26, but it has yet to tell me I have exhausted my benefits, and tells me I need to file my next claim on Jan. 3rd, but I have no funds left to file on! Will I need to file for the 11 week extension?
Keep filing/certifying. States are in the process of updating systems and awaiting final DOL guidelines. You will get paid retroactively for any missed weeks you were eligible
Hello, I’m just seeing this information. I’m im MI, and I don’t see any instructions or details regarding how to apply for extended unemployment benefits. When I log in, it says all of my certifications are complete and I’m not sure if I recieved all the benefits I was previously due. All of my info was deleted on my account.
Thank you
I’m in Virginia I would like to know the answer to that question!
Hi. I am in PA – I was informed that I had to refile my existing claim that ended also on December 26th – so you have to go into file a new claim/existing claim and all your former information will come up to verify – there is some new information you will have to respond to and maybe upload the docs again…then you will get another approval and a NEW claim number. And yes, my first
filing (without funds) is Sunday as well – but you are filing in order to have the funds put into your account (or debit card) – and it starts again. The only question I have is when it went through and I got an approval – it said it was only going to start on December 26, 2020 and only go to January 30, 2021 – so only one month???? Maybe they have to do something else so I get it for the extended period of 11 weeks. That I’m not sure of, but I’ve put that into a question here – we will see what the answer is. I hope this helps.
Does it say (Active) on your FPUA certification home page? You may have to reactivate your unemployment status. You still need to be eligible for unemployment benefits right now too for the extra $300.
What I am wondering about is all that time after the extended benefits ran out and we only received $100 a week will the $300 new stimulus a week retroactively cover those weeks as well or just a flat 11 weeks from December 26 on?
I have exhausted my PUA, will the new stimulus bill extend it?
Yes. See this article for more – https://savingtoinvest.com/the-first-step-to-receive-pandemic-unemployment-assistance-pua-is-to-apply-and-to-be-denied-for-regular-state-unemployment-benefits/
Andy…to make this clear.
Being that our self employed unemployment balance was zero before December 26th
Will there be an extension of the self employed benefits
Example. 195.00 self employed unemployment benefits…plus we received
600.00 stimulus both weekly
Now Will we still get weekly the 195.00 still
plus the new 300.00 weekly even tho our self employed unemployment funds ran out a week b4 December 26th.
In other words Will we get both the 195.00 and the 300.00 weekly even tho the benefits have been exhausted.
This is like mine, my benefits were 0 by dec 13th, but I filed a new claim and it say ineligible and I can not file a PUA claim. What do I do next?
Hello Andy,
Like the previous commenter, I am having trouble trying to find answers in regards to completing a new claim for the extended benefits. I already have been receiving payments from pua and I still have a balance. So I believe you said that we do not need to complete a new claim if we have an existing claim that still has a balance. Is that correct?
On my message area on the UI site, it said something about reapplying before midnight on the 26th if the benefits were not extended. Now that message has disappeared. I just do not want to be wasting time. I am sure alot of us are wondering the same thing. It seems like we are having to wait for updated instructions from the DOL? Hoping that we do not have to file new claims. That just seems like it would take so much longer.
Thank you for all your help. It is greatly appreciated during these difficult times.
Take care.
Andy…I have a question no one seems to address..
If you were already approved for and receiving the self employment stimulus payments which expired December 26 th 2020….do you need to apply again or will the funds continue to go into the same originally opened claim. If a new claim is required where do you do that….PA
THANK YOU
You should continue to get paid if you had an existing balance/claim. It may take a week or two to get the continuing payments for the 11 extra weeks. Final guidelines should be out soon, so want to caveat that states may decide to get everyone to reapply (to combat fraud) or require a reactivation. So watch your emails/text closely and I will update as well. You can see this page for state specific updates – https://savingtoinvest.com/unemployment-benefits-resources-federal-enhanced-programs-pua-peuc-puc-and-latest-updates/
The balance ran out on dec 26…so I can assume people like myself may have to start completely over …applying again but we can’t do that now….but we will be advised what and when to do it from the government or our State
Correct….
You have been the only person able to respond to my questions ….and I’m asking for a number of others who have no idea what to do now….we thank you so much
Kathy
Correct. Sate unemployment offices will need to wait for federal guidance, via the Department of Labor, to determine how to confirm payment of the new benefits. This could take 2 to 4 weeks (depends on states). Hopefully sooner, but any eligible payments will be made retroactively.
Once you are reactivated or are still eligible to receive unemployment benefits and are active on the FPUA certification website, you will see your benefits balance remaining and will receive the $300 retroactive pay and then $300 a week in the additions column.