Extended unemployment program

In order to qualify for PUA benefits, you must not be able to receive any type of unemployment benefit from any state. This is also true for employees of some nonprofit religious organizations that choose not to pay unemployment premiums.

PUA benefits are calculated based on your income from your most recent federal income tax return. The American Rescue Plan further extended these benefits for an additional 29 weeks for a total of 79 weeks.

The American Rescue Plan further extended these benefits for an additional 29 weeks. These additional weeks can only be paid out through the week ending September 4, The PEUC program has now ended. The FPUC program has now ended.

When available, SEB is added automatically for eligible claimants who have exhausted all other benefits. Learn more about SEB here. For more information, please visit our Assistance Programs page.

Weeks can be denied for a variety of reasons. Please remember that to receive payment of PUA benefits, a claimant must be unemployed as a direct result of the pandemic. It is important for each claimant to carefully read the questions being asked.

There are instances where an individual could successfully complete the ID. This means that despite the identity verification, there is activity on the claim that tells us it could still be fraudulent and requires further investigation. If further investigation is required, we will reach out to you with next steps. Our call center can be reached at , Monday—Friday 8 a. Some callers may experience longer-than-average hold times or even a busy signal. You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server.

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Benefit Appeals. File an Initial Claim. File a Weekly Claim. The web pages currently in English on the EDD website are the official and accurate source for the program information and services the EDD provides. Any discrepancies or differences created in the translation are not binding and have no legal effect for compliance or enforcement purposes. If any questions arise related to the information contained in the translated website, please refer to the English version.

The EDD is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information or changes in the formatting of the pages resulting from the translation application tool. Some forms and publications are translated by the department in other languages.

For those forms, visit the Online Forms and Publications section. More Information. You may have been eligible for FED-ED benefits if you were unemployed and you: Had a regular unemployment claim that started on or after May 19, Used all benefits on your unemployment claim and the PEUC extension, or your claim had expired.