About 400,000 Arizona people will collect a total of $ 201 million in benefits as of Thursday, including the start of retroactive payments for the weeks ending August and August 8, according to the State Department of Economic Security.
Some 21 states have applied for subsidies for provided wages, and at least 14 have been approved so far, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which manages the program. In addition to Arizona, they include Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah.
At least two states, Kentucky and Montana, said they would add $ 100 to the federal improvement, for a total of $ 400 per week.
The president’s executive action came after Congress failed to agree on extending its $ 600 historic federal supplement, which the unemployed received for four months as part of the legislature’s $ 2 trillion coronavirus relief package by the end of March. was passed on. The extra payments expired July 31st.
FEMA said it will initially send states three weeks of funding and then make additional payments until it is allocated. The money is expected to provide additional payments in just four to five weeks; it will depend on how many states are applicable and how quickly the funds are disbursed, said Keith Turi, FEMA’s assistant manager for recovery, said on the call.
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