IDES: Unemployment Benefit Extension Certification Starts Next Week
Ten days ago today, President Obama signed into law
a federal unemployment benefits extension granting jobless benefits to
unemployed Americans set to exhaust their allotted insurance by
December 31, 2009. When can workers in Illinois who qualify expect
their checks to ...
Ten days ago today, President Obama signed into law
a federal unemployment benefits extension granting jobless benefits to
unemployed Americans set to exhaust their allotted insurance by
December 31, 2009. When can workers in Illinois who qualify expect
their checks to arrive? We put in a call to Greg Rivara, a spokesperson
at the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) late last
week. He reports back that the certification of claims
will begin the week of Thanksgiving. Once a claimant is deemed
eligible, retroactive checks for the weeks of November 9 and November
16 will be mailed. Thanksgiving, Rivara reminds us, is a banking
holiday, so no business will be conducted that Thursday.
There is also the issue of the end-of-the-year filing deadline. The bill signed by Obama earlier this month, H.R. 3548, grants an additional six weeks of unemployment aid to jobless workers who will have exhausted their benefits by the end of 2009 and live in a state with an unemployment rate at or above 8.5 percent. But because the new law treats the 20-week extension as two separate extensions (one of 14 weeks and one of six weeks) with participants required to exhaust the first 14 weeks before applying for the next six, the December 31 application deadline prevents anyone from collecting the full allotment. (The end of the year is seven weeks away, so no one will have exhausted their initial 14 weeks by then.)
Currently, no fix has been introduced. But some members of Congress are open to the possibility of another broad unemployment extension that could address the deadline glitch and provide additional help to those who lose their insurance after the New Year. And it might be housed in the "jobs bill" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) talked up last week, although specifics about the scope of the plan were not announced. Keep an eye out on that front.
Comments
This whole mess is so confusing.
I reached the end of my benefit year around the beginning of August. I'm still unemployed, starving, depressed, and scared.
I'm in desperate need for this extension, yet, IDES provide little to no information. We're told to wait for a letter that will tell if you qualify. But, I'm still confused and can not get a clear answer anywhere.
Do I need to place a new claim since my benefit year ended, or am I still in the system? What exactly is the process for receiving the benefits I desperately need? Why has it been so difficult for IDES to provide answers to our questions?
I got the certification letter, that says I MAY qualify for the extension. WTF is going on? Are we looking at the usual IL snafus in getting help out to its citizens in an expedient manner, or am I screwed again? I called Teleserve, and despite re-upping for another benefit year 3 weeks ago, there is no way for me to document my unemployed weeks to get a check this week. Want to hear something funny? I have a job interview I don't have the money to get to! I tried to get help from public aid and that was not forthcoming either. What am I supposed to do? Whoever you are, here is a hug, and let us pray we make it through this winter.
Hey, Unemployed, yes, go to your local IDES office and re-up. When you finish filling the docs out, make sure you bring it to someone who has you show them your ID, and they mark up the bottom of the thing for input. I did this yesterday and am NEW in the system this morning. So the docs I filled out 3 weeks ago were just a waste of time because they weren't properly marked up for input - I didn't show my ID, etc., because the *astard that took them from me was not interested in seeing me properly set up. What an *sshole.
Please go and do that today if you haven't already, Unemployed. Hang in there!
Unemployed. YES YOU DO! Its best to go into the IDES office and do this. Once your BYE ends then the IDES letter will state you are not eligible, they must reenter you into the system with a new year 2010. If you exhausted 79 weeks of benefits then you should know following HR 3548 that you qualify AND what the procedure is by now in regards to BYE. Some of these questions are answered by ourselves if we just think back. You mentioned nothing about what you HAVE received from IDES in the pass few days either.
Reposting my status update on this new thread -
In IL, Local IDES Office: Lombard
UI Benefits Status:
Regular UI: 26 Weeks - Exhausted
EUC 08: 33 Weeks - Had to re-apply mid extension to
establish a new benefits year. Exhausted EUC 08 as of
final certification on 11/9 covering weeks ending 10/31
and 11/07.
Update: I wasn't going to call again until I received my letter about eligibility status for either the new extension or EB but curiosity got the best of me this morning so I checked Teleserv and my balance has now re-set from $0 to the $ equivalent of 14 weeks of benefits. Hope it's not an error. Have not received a letter or new wage info sheet as yet.
Hang in, IL folks, the IDES website is sorely lacking any real info but it looks like they are working through the claims. BTW, my last name begins with a "Z" so I don't think they are going alphabetically. I'll update when I get something in the mail. Hope to hear more good news from others today and as the week goes on.
BTW, this new balance should reflect the new extension but it also could be 13 weeks of EB plus the 1 additional week to the EUC 08 extension. I am not sure which bucket they put me into - hopefully, the new extension, as indicated on the NELP site. Just glad to have an updated balance...
i recieved my letter today. i ehausted EB. as with others its a claimant wage info sheet. says my balance and new call in day. tier 3 benefits. call in day is 23rd. and posted 13 weeks of benefits.
My benefits ran out in june. After reading this blog i learned much needed information. Such as i never got the EB. I contacted NCESC and finally got someone who took care of the problem. I now should start recieving the EB she said for 17 weeks. Does anyone know if i will continue on into the "new" extension after my EB runs out? Thanks again for the insight guys!!!!
Garry NC,
Unless Congress reauthorizes all of the different tiers of extensions before the end of this year whatever extension you happen to be on at the end of 2009 will be it unitl they do reatuthorize it. Which, truthfully, does not look like it will be happening this year. As you can see from the article above congress is under some illusion that they might be able to pass unemployment extensions through 2010, it appears reauthorizing the extensions all ready in place would be a part of that bill. This is certainly disheartning especially if you are only on one of the first tiers of the extensions.
Thanks... thats sorta what i thought. For anyone else out there from NC the person i spoke to today w/ NCESC said letters should start going out in the next two weeks. The NC powers that be were putting there finishing touches on them.
I am thinking that since my benefits just ran out and they sent me the mail in work search (I mailed) and i am supposed to call today. maybe i shouldnt call since i was exhausted as of 11/2 and i have a new day to re-certify (11/23). maybe if i called today it would mess things up? any feedback on that?
Garry NC,
That is good news for the unemployed of NC. I wish we were able to get through to our state agency for some answers as to when we could expect letters and/or claim forms.
Can anyone tell me how this retroactive payment work's? When I call on my regular call date on the 23rd. Will I get 4 weeks or just 2 weeks?
I dont think anyone knows as of yet...it could be 4 weeks or it could be 2 weeks and our start and end date changes
Once a claimant is deemed eligible, retroactive checks for the weeks of November 9 and November 16 will be mailed. it is unclear.
WOW! They already took one week right? We only get 1
3 weeks and not 14 from the start! Now they are taking another 2 weeks! Where Are we going to get that money back?? And When. That's crazy!
if you have read other posts here the 13 weeks could be because thats the way the computers are already set up for.
they arent taking another 2 weeks. If you call on the 23rd that would be for the weeks they claim is retro just as normally it would be. normally i think when you re-certify you have a waiting week.I did with the other extensions.
Every time i have talked to someone at NCESC they have been very nice. Not always so knowledgable.... but this time i was trully blessed. Would you believe she actually gave me her direct line so i could call her back. (no i dont still have her #. lost it ;-)......)
HMMM wonder if shes cute :)
Wow. Sad but true after all the hassle and hype, delays, NOBODY will get the final six weeks of the extension. What was the point of having it in the bill then? With all their dumb posturing and misquoting historical figures and faux intelligence, these senators -- or rather their aides since the senators obviously do nothing except blowhard -- couldn't even write a simple bill correctly to address the situation. Great. Because of the Repub delays to begin with, nobody gets the extra six weeks and because of the two month delay I ran out of all money. Therefore, whenever the benefits arrive they will immediately have to go to rent and utilities, not even food. I went and got food stamps finally and they were $180 which had to be spent. So, NO THANKSGIVING AT MY HOUSE thanks to these losers and the beat goes on with their next issues d' jour, whatever, thanks for nothing except stress. I've kept up my Facebook event and will extend it until the final six weeks are enacted. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=156123314182, People need to remind these senatorial suits they screwed up the bill and the six week extension and they need to address this sooner rather than -- as before -- too late.
To Unemployed March:
I share your frustration. I hope this helps explain things. “ACCOUNTING GIMMICKS”.
H.R.3548 drafted in the House & Senate was designed to maintain fiscal accounting gimmicks in both Federal and State budgets. Unfortunately, the IRS is the Key Role Player in these illusory accounting practices. Remember that the IRS wants a piece of these handouts. Until very recently, the Feds were taxing their own money which they were giving the states for UC extensions; how ridiculous was that? Well, they caught their own ridiculousness and passed a Bill to raise payroll taxes on employers. I promise you that this will only relocate the ridiculousness and delay the job recovery. The good news is that these unemployment benefits extensions might be available for years to come.
Be grateful you can collect food stamps; I was denied because I am a boarder in someone’s home. It is a hostile environment with one room, no meals or kitchen privileges. Just an air mattress I bought at Wal*Mart and a battery operated TV which no longer works since the digital conversation. I am 55 years old and never worked so hard “not having a job”. I am not having any luck with job interviews because I am starting to display my disposition. It is tough to conceal three years of desperation!
Nevertheless, best wishes to you…
They might have screwed up, but you know, they are human. You saw all the *hit that was going on simultaneously. I worked in a highly volatile legal situation for 5 years and unfortunately things like this could happen. It is a bummer on us but it can be fixed.
Will tier 3 and tier 4 kick in before Emergency Benefits?
My tier 2 benefits are set to expire in January.
Any input on this is appreciated....I can't get through to
my UI office.
Thanks
If a person is already on EB, its up to the state to decide whether to keep them there or move them to EUC Tier 3. If they have not started EB, they MUST move to Tier 3 before EB.
Under the current law, ALL EUC ends at this year end---so whatever Tier you are on at that point would be all you would qualify for.
So as it is now, if your Tier 2 expire after years end, you won't get any of the new EUC Tier 3 or 4 benefits.
You guys are making this complicated.
It's simple if you run out of benfits before 12/31/2009 and you dont qualify for any other extensions. then you will be able to get up to 19 weeks in high unemployment states only. If you start new extension before 12/31/2009 you still will get the full 20 weeks..The only people who dont qualify are the ones who dont exhaust their regular benefits before 12/31/2009..
Nobody is going to get 20 weeks(Tier 3 and Tier 4) as the law stands now.
It is IMPOSSIBLE for ANYONE to exhaust the new Tier 3 benefits by Dec 27, 2009. So no one will get Tier 4(extra 6 weeks) unless the EUC program is extended past the year end.
The new law adds:
one week of Tier 2(increasing it from 13 to a total of 14)
thirteen weeks of Tier 3
six weeks of Tier 4
this equals a total of 20 possible weeks.
And again, according to the law, whatever Tier you are on come December 27. 2009,,,,THAT IS THE LAST TIER OF BENEFITS YOU WILL GET!!!!(unless some laws are changed by then).
I agree with you, makes so much sense,but what I want to know is how to go about filing for those benefits,meaning the 4 tier, i exausted all extension in Sept. Should I wqait to hear from UI office?
I can not believe how inept the OMAMA admin. is!!
How can the president take unecessary trips when there is so
much to do ! This Healthcare issue should not impede the progress of the economic recovery. President OBAMA made campaign promises to unemployed people that he HAS to keep!
We can only blame the republicans for so long... why hasn't he
spoke up on our behalf ,and pressured congress to get this fixed? I know I'm venting here, but I have nowhere else to turn!!! God bless us all!!!
Dear, this was all senate and congress's doing - how are you blaming Obama for signing the thing? Also, if you are referring to Obama's recent trip to China, hopefully you are aware of how important China is for our country now, as they are holding billions of our debt and have the capability of exerting incredible power over us. Obviously you have internet access - who don't you try reading a little?
If what you say is true then all unemployment will expire 12/31/2009(tier 1,2,3,4 ect.) All ..and that is not true ....
This new bill will cover all people who have exausted their benefits before 12/31/2009...
Also remember that the house/senate sponsored this bill not Obama..
You dont get it.
cOME dECEMBER 27, 2009....People dont stop collecting. You still collect under whatever Tier you are on. You just cant get another Tier after Dec 27.
the EUC progam ends that day, and since everyone on
Tier 3 will have a fresh 13 weeks added now that wont be exhausted come years end, they wont be eligible for Tier 4. NOBODY can move to another Tier after that. Why is that so hard to understand?
Its the law. Sorry you dont like it.
seascrub....you are correct
From what I've found, the Tier III and IV benefits are percentage of your original claim up to a maximum of 20 weeks. Tier III is suppose to be 50% of your original claim up to a max of 13 weeks. Tier IV is suppose to be 24% of your original claim up to a max of 6 weeks. The extra week, making it a maximum of 20 weeks combined, is allotted to Tier II. It IS possible to get to Tier IV, but your original claim would have had to have been VERY small number of weeks in order to exhaust your Tier III benefits before the end of the year. Which would allow you to receive Tier IV benefits, but impossible to get the full 6 weeks. This is what I've found.
that is incorrect. what you are saying is that people will only recieve 50% of their benefit check and 24% IF tier 4 gets going
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Yes GW. He is incorrect. He might mean this.
Tier 3 pays the lesser of:
13 times your weekly benefit amount; or
50 percent of the maximum regular benefits payable
The key word there is "OR". They base it on one or the other. So if you had 26 weeks of REGULAR unemployment on your first/regular claim, 50 percent of that would be 13 weeks.........so either way its 13 weeks.
Do the math.
Tier 4:
6 weeks ofweekly benefit amount
or 24 percent of max reg claim(24 percent of your original claim of 26 weeks would be about 6 weeks of benefits)
Again, do the math.
My percentages are not the amounts of your check but the amount of weeks you will qualify for. So re-read what I said with that in mind and if you still think it's incorrect then prove it or at least research it.
My proof is the balance in my account.
No percentages used anywhere.
I got one new week of Tier 2 and 13 weeks of Tier 3.
Some of you should read this. It might help.
http://nelp.3cdn.net/9636998c6a1ade2dea_fnm6iiwvg.pdf
So you indeed qualified for the maximum number of weeks based on the number of weeks you were approved for on your original claim. I know what I'm talking about and what you're saying still doesn't oppose what I said.
Others might "know what they're talking about" too.....
Here is the formula for Tier 2:
14 times your weekly benefit amount; or
54 percent of the maximum regular benefits payable.
So.......whats your point?
What? My original point is that all I have seen are forums where people are talking about the number of benefit weeks we will get as though everyone will get the max, but everyone won't get the max hence why it says, "up to" before the number of weeks. Why anyone told me I was incorrect was because they thought I was talking about the amounts of the actual checks and not the benefit weeks. We're going in circles, because my statement is valid.
the way you stated it...yes..your statement is INCORRECT.
It should always read "up to"..........you don't necessarily receive all the money(only if you are unemployed)
Tier 3 pays the lesser of:
13 times your weekly benefit amount; or
50 percent of the maximum regular benefits payable.(which for most was 26 weeks)
Do the math. For most, its a clear 13 additional weeks, same dollar amount.
To Unemployed March:
I share your frustration. I hope this helps explain things. “ACCOUNTING GIMMICKS”.
H.R.3548 drafted in the House & Senate was designed to maintain fiscal accounting gimmicks in both Federal and State budgets. Unfortunately, the IRS is the Key Role Player in these illusory accounting practices. Remember that the IRS wants a piece of these handouts. Until very recently, the Feds were taxing their own money which they were giving the states for UC extensions; how ridiculous was that? Well, they caught their own ridiculousness and passed a Bill to raise payroll taxes on employers. I promise you that this will only relocate the ridiculousness and delay the job recovery. The good news is that these unemployment benefits extensions might be available for years to come.
Be grateful you can collect food stamps; I was denied because I am a boarder in someone’s home. It is a hostile environment with one room, no meals or kitchen privileges. Just an air mattress I bought at Wal*Mart and a battery operated TV which no longer works since the digital conversation. I am 55 years old and never worked so hard “not having a job”. I am not having any luck with job interviews because I am starting to display my disposition. It is tough to conceal three years of desperation!
Nevertheless, best wishes to you…
As Ace Ventura would say...
Loo-hoo......ser-her.
lol
everybody listen to seascrub, if u exhauseted all possible extensions before dec, 31 like if u havent gotten any money since august lets say, this extension applies to you ok. you will get the new extension, period. if u r collecting a second extension or first extension, it doesnt apply to u, the normal extensions apply for first timers, dont worry about extra weeks right now, maybe a job will pop up, u never know, its so simple out of extensions, new extension applies to u, still on ur first claim and ran out, u get the normal extensions offered dont worry, jesus guys pay attention
Is there any one here from Philadelphia, I just want to know what is happening with us, I can still log in to the unemployment site, and check my account to see if it has been updated, and it has not, I did call Ed Rendels Sec, and she told me to just keep filing, so every two weeks it ask me the questions, I answer, and it says your claim has been accepted, and gives me the next time to file. I have been doing this since 9/27/09. I am wondering if anyone on here from philadelphia is experiencing the same. I've also heard that if I can still file, I am in good standing, but I still have not received a letter. I read the unemployment site, for Philadelphia, and it dose say to file, and wait for instructions from the letter. But I need to know when will we get this letter, my cable needs to be paid, my electric bill and gas bill and car note needs to be paid. And after I have paid, it's potatoe chips and soda for breakfast,lunch and dinner, until the next check comes. Cloths needs to be cleaned, I am washing them by hand now, it's like a job in itself, washing my cloths and the kids cloths, This lay off has really hurt me, This is my very first time going to the Dpa office for food, and maybe cash assistance...I really miss working, But can't look for work because I can't afford gas, most jobs that are hiring are way out of town, if I had gas, that would be no problem for me, yeah they have the bus, but if I don't have gas, I sho don't have bus fair.
I got my letter ( Penna.) today, so you should be getting it soon. However, you say you've been filing since 9/27/09, right? In that case, I suspect that this is your initial 26-week claim, and if so, you won't exhaust your initial claim prior to the end of the year, so you wouldn't be included in this extension. Just keep filing, and by the time your 26 weeks are up, you'll move to EB or, more likely, the Fed will have implemented the next extension. PA has been good with notifications and the whole process, so just keep filing, and they will notify you of any upcoming changes to your claim.
Unemployed_Troll
I already got the letter saying I exhausted all my benifits, but was told to keep filing, I am still filing, but not receiving any monies in my account. I check my claim status and its says:
* AB Date: 9/27/2009
* Program Type: UC
UC Status
Your initial claim has been processed. Please file your biweekly claims as instructed.
This is your initial claim. Even if you were initially eligible for only 13 weeks, they still haven't expired yet, so you should be receiving payments. If you're sure you aren't receiving any ching, you should contact the UC office immediately.
Its amazing that many ppl will not investigate and get information pertaining to themselves on their own. EX; is the person who just starting filing 9/27/09 and is stressing out over HR 3548 that doesn't even apply to them. People need to take a chill pill, research to get the answers on your own instead of posting unnecessarily. HR 3548 is for the unemployed who have exhausted or will be exhausting the 79 weeks of benefits by year end. CA FL TN MI MN KY hope your states will be better prepared in the future, hope VERY soon they have all of you set-up to receive the EUC benefits.
Knowbody was talking to you Sheila, I was talking to unemployed troll, sometimes people ask other people just for verification.
but since you did answer, I am filing but not receiving any money, and before I start filing, I got the letter saying my benifits have been exhausted. That to keep filing, so I continue to file, but not receive any money.
Ran out of benefits in September. I already got a letter stating I am eligible for this extension. My question is..... my Year to date is coming up in January, will I qualify for the rest of these funds and the extra 6 weeks? I will be re-filing (in Jan.) and am wondering what will happen.
If you're referring to your "Benefit Year", this is just the 12-month period from the day you file your initial claim. For that 12-month period, you are eligible to file for UC for any week that you are unemployed, until you exhaust your maximum benefit amount (typically 26 weeks' worth of funds). First of all - YES - you are eligible for this extension. Second, with all of the extensions that have been implemented (and probable future extensions), people should probably just go ahead and ignore the term "Benefit Year" at this point (except someone filing their first claim right now, or a few weeks ago, or in the near future). Third, you won't be re-filing in Jan. Depending on what state you live in, you may have to file for an extension, but not re-filing, or filing a new claim. Follow your state's procedure for receiving extensions - most states simply implement it and send you a letter telling you to, in essence, just keep filing.
Thanks Shella,
You just may have stopped everyone's head from spinning!
Another good point you made is; some people in this forum are simply not smart enough to realize that they are displaying how much valuable time they are waisting.
Unemployed_Troll
Thank you for your response, and hope that I am not wasting your time, for I do not know, I will call them first thing on Wensday, they ask that we call by our numbers. Now I see what is going on, and yes I will call. Sorry I was side tracked, by other comments not pertaining to the unemployment letter.
Ok.... so I have drove myself crazy looking to find the answer to my questions. Concerning the end of your benefit year..... I was looking back over all the info and I am confused about who qualifies for a whole new claim. I have not worked since my layoff. Nothing- not part time- nothing. But it seems like they are going to look at the 1st four of my last 5 quarters- so for me (laid off very last day of Dec. '08) would be Oct-Dec 08, and Jan- Sept 09. I will show wages on those first two quarters- the first one is substantial since it was my last quarter at work- and was a full quarter. Then the 1st quarter will show my final pay amounts. Will that be used to qualify me for another claim? I am currently on EUC Tier 2- but my benefit year will end in Jan.. If thats how they do it I will be so screwed because it will drop my benefits greatly- and then I will not meet the requirements (1.5 times the highest quarter) for any of the extensions either. Any suggestions or clarification you can give will be helpful and appreciated. I can't believe I am going to get stuck on wages made the last quarter that I worked....they wouldn't use that quarter the first time when it would have helped!
That is probably not a factor. Its not considered a new claim. My benefit year ended a couple of months ago. The feds don't care about that.
What you do need to worry about is when your Tier 2 will run out, because if you're still on Tier 2 come Dec. 27, you don't qualify for any of the new Tier 3 or 4 benefits, unless Congress extends the EUC program with new legislation.
Everyone should understand that this latest legislation was passed to help those who have been unemployed for a long period of time(over a year).
Benefit years have long since expired, and most are collecting these federal monies(EUC and EB) as opposed to regular benefits that they and their then employers had paid in to.
Again, EUC is set to end at years end, so the extra six weeks(Tier 4) won't be seen by anyone without some more help from Congress. You only receive whatever Tier you are at come Dec. 27, 2009.
If a long-term unemployed doesn't know what a BYE - Benefit Year Ending is, then they are in another sphere. This forum has been invaded by nonsensical TROLLS who have time on their immature hands. EVERYONE should know what a BYE is and its ridiculous to explain it as if the posters are children. There are more important issues and sincere ppl who really do need answers but so far today - NOT!!!!!.
With all of the extensions that have been implemented pertaining to this recession, many people have received notices of how to continue to file for benefits for the next level of extension, and therefore, the Benefit Year really was never an issue for them, and never came up. In addition, there are many people that just simply do not understand what the Benefit Year concept is, and simply go on the internet and Google for "unemployment extension" because they're out of work, desperate, terrified, and they see this thing called Benefit Year, and see an ending date. After googling, they end up here (or elsewhere). It may be crystal clear to you & me, but to many, it isn't, and if I can be helpful in easing some peoples' fears, I will gladly be. I fully understand where you're coming from in your post, but please, fully understand where I'm coming from too.
;-)
Does anyone know about what is happening in SC? This Website is the only one with a smidgen of information. The SC Congress recently gave back pay for seven weeks on an earlier extension (signed into law October 28, 2009). President Obama signed extension law on November 6, 2009. When I went in to apply for the U.S. Congress passed extension, the lady at the Spartanburg, SC Employment Security Office said she didn't know what I was referring to. When I told her that the President signed it on November 6, she asked me what exactly it said. I told her I would print her a copy and give it to her. Anybody got any info for SC?
my last call date was last week(26week/exhausted)no letters in mail yet/ but called tele-serve today & found a balance for (20weeks)tier 2. My BYE date is 04/2010 wish will be the last day of this(20weeks) and I KNOW as long as all the resumes and job applications I've sent out, if none of them calls me back (on/before/after) my BYE date, I will get all tiers (from 3 all the way to tier 20(FED)). I careless about this DEC 31 09 deadline,even before I jump to EB(States)
Extension will continue UNTIL this economy gets better. U.S. government has the money, if they can bail out Companies, they should be able to bail of Unemployed workers that needs it most.
Companies are getting bailed out yet no one is hiring, so what are they doing with the money huh?
I know someone that has been getting this UC since she was pregnant and her baby is 2yrs old now. She hasn't even started with State yet. When ever they want to mess her up..she fights back & she get it because she worked very hard before she was laid off. And YES it's with IDES(ILLINOIS)
Don't know how pls don't ask.
I hate being unemployed, it is very boring, it really sucks.
Goodluck everyone, and no need to be nasty to one-another, some people just needs clarification that all. ditto!!!
To CPB ... you had to give someone at the unemployment information regarding the latest unemployment bill/extension? That is sad and scary...I am sorry to hear this...
anybody have a website other than edd for california updates or if any body got any paperwork yet, thank you
hey reymundo i called edd and they said they are compiling a list for people whose ui benefits had run out and will began sending out notifications out in a couple of weeks about a week ago
Anyone from Calif.? If so have you heard anything? My benefits ran out in Sept.
I'm not from CA but I read in an earlier post that California is updating their system to start certifying soon. You should qualify. How many weeks in total have you collected?
I'm not real sure what half of these posts are about....but I do understand what a BYE is. What I am trying to figure out is when you come to that...according to all that I have read- they are REQUIRED to try to see if you qualify for a new claim. (If you do not then you jump back onto your extension whereever you were)- and yes- I understand this is all pointless if the government does not fix their mistake and extend - I get all of that. I am working on the assumption that they will....so if they do...and I get faced with my Benefit Year running out- I would like to know if it is true that they will try to qualify me for a new claim.
THEN.... I am trying to figure out- if they go back to the first 4 of your last five quarters- to find income- they are going to get into my last full quarter of work and a little bit of another quarter because of final paychecks.....so will they use that income- which is from the employer I am currently drawing off of since Jan. '09....and refigure my benefits??? It seems like everyone would have that final quarter of work and that would qualify you for more benefits- BUT AT A MUCH SMALLER RATE (because the other quarters are nothing... so you two highest would be one big one and one possibly little one and then you were on unemployment).
Not meaning to bring out any trolls or anything I am just trying to figure it all out.
I am in school full time....thru the JTP program and it is important for me to know so that I can know whether or not I can take the classes I need in the Spring or if I should expect that I will be received greatly reduced benefits I may not be able to go full time.
Thank you in advance for any help you can give.
Once you go on a fed program(EUC or EB)your BYE pretty much goes out the window.
MY BYE ended last August, and it still has that same date on the notice I received from the WA State office yesterday. They also still list the quarters from '07 as my base earnings.
This latest legislation was passed specifically for the long term unemployed, so the powers that be are fully aware that the BYE has long since come and gone for those people.
Not sure what Tier you are currently at, but I would be way more concerned about the EUC program ending Dec 27 than I would be about your BYE.
Good morning folks......was looking for good news for a few Illinois residents. Barb, LostinIl and microwaves are cool....let us know how it goes if you can...
Looks like a couple of other states are starting to get it together....To everyone else waiting wish you the best I know it's tough.
Gotta run....helping a friend with his house.....no money involved but at least feel useful.....Have a good day all...Good luck!
Unemployed_Troll:
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. It did help me get a better idea. So your opinion is even tho my "benefit year" will end in January, I still will receive the full extension. Hope I understood you right. Thanks a bunch.
I have a quick question
I have already used up my first 26 weeks. I am now on the 33 week part but only for 2 more weeks.
Then what. Do I get the 20 weeks? 13 weeks? Nothing?
Im sick of being unemployed but I cannot even get hired at McDonalds - trust me I tried
If you will exhaust your UC in 2 weeks, then YES, you will receive this extension. How much depends on which state you live in. There's a glitch or two in the bill (law) that possibly ends payments at the end of the year, but congress is aware of this and already knows it needs to be addressed.
I don't have the answer for that (but I am sure someone will come along to help shortly) but could you tell me what happened when you got to your Benefit Year End? I have used the first 26 weeks- then they kicked in 20 weeks- and I have a note on one of my papers that says the 13 weeks will be added - I guess they mean when the 20 weeks depletes in 2 weeks (?) It is not yet showing in my acct yet. But shortly my benefit year will end....I can't seem to find anyone who has been drawing long enough to have went through that. The website says I will have to try to apply for a new claim- I understand if I don't qualify they will put me back on the extensions that I have left....but I am afraid that they will qualify me based on my final quarter at work...do they do that?? Do I have to contact them at the end of the benefit year- or someone said just watch for a letter. I can't just hang around and then find out I was supposed to do something!
What happened when you got to the end of your 1st benefit year? Also- are you in IL?
TMKLBMT---It sounds like you are currently on Tier 1, which will be exhausted soon. Once that does, you will move to 14 weeks of Tier 2(yes, its 14 now and not 13, as Tier 2 was increased one week in this last legislation.
As the law stands now, that is the last Tier of EUC you will receive since that Tier would take you into next year.
Nobody can move into any new Tier after Dec. 27 2009.
Also, they ca\n't technically put it into your account until you've exhausted Tier 1. Only then will you see the Tier 2 monies added to your account.
Can you be qualified for a new claim if you did not work anywhere at all after your final employer (the one you currently claim on and were laid off from?)?
TMKLBMT - I am in IL and have had my benefit year end. I have not worked since September of ’08, have exhausted my initial 26 weeks and, now, have exhausted Tier I and Tier II extensions (20 + 13 weeks). I am waiting to see if I go into this new Tier III extension or into EB – I just found my Teleserv account was credited with the equivalent of 14 weeks of benefits and am waiting to get a letter as to what program I am now in.
This is what happened when my benefit year ended: First I received the following notice on my direct deposit payment explanation covering my last week of bennies in that benefit year: “Your benefit year ends 9/13/2009. A new claim will be entered for you. Do not report to this office unless you do not receive claim information within two weeks. The first week on the new claim is a waiting week and will not be paid".
I continued to certify as instructed. Next, they sent me a Claimant Notice of Ineligibility telling me I had been found ineligible for benefits but that I could appeal. The very next day I got a claimant wage info sheet that told me to certify but that my benefits were $0. (this was weird because Telserv indicated I had a substantial balance.) But at the bottom in the comments section of the wage info sheet it said: “It has been determined that you are ineligible for regular unemployment benefits on this claim because you have not earned $X since you established your previous benefit year. If you disagree with this, bring in proof of earnings (W-2, check stubs or other evidence) since the beginning of your previous benefit year to the local office with 14 days of receipt of this notice. IMPORTANT: even if you do not have additional wages, you may be eligible to receive or continue to receive emergency compensation (EUC) or state extended benefits. Please contact, by phone, or in person, your local office to determine eligibility”. Confused yet? So was I.
So, I called and was told to come in and fill out “the white form on the wall” – huh?? So I went in and was given a new application to fill out (couldn’t find the white form on the wall – lol – asked for it and the receptionist looked at me like I had two heads). When I got to the caseworker he established a new BYE for me and told me I would be continuing on Tier II at the same dollar amount. Whatever they did the benefits did not restart right away as they told me they would do but after a couple of calls and one more certification they did re-start and I was sent four weeks of benefits at the same amout I have been receiving since the beginning.
I hope my experience helps you in determining what will happen or what to do in your situation.
Thank you very much- that does start to help! The $X- I am assuming it was an amount based off of your old claim or something? I am worried because I had one whole complete final quarter (made like $7000) and then the quarter in which my claim began I was paid less than that- because I was unemployed- but I will show some wages because they worked us up until the very last day of the year (Quarter 4) and worked us alot because we were helping them close the business- of course no where near a full quarter or anything but there will be wages THAT THEY PAID in the first quarter. They were earned in the fourth quarter though (don't know if that matters at all). Then I have not worked since- someone said if you worked even part time you would end up worse off because they would refigure your claim and since I was in school full time (JTP Program) I didn't even try to suppliment my unemployment especially if it would have messed up my extensions like I was told. I assumed they would not qualify you for a new claim unless you had actually WORKED and earned wages after you started your unemployment- but everything I read just says they looks at the quarterly earnings and crunch the numbers- so I am thinking that having like $8000 or something on those first two quarters would qualify me for a new claim- but at a much reduced amount based on $8,000 or so income. Is my thinking all wrong? Do they look and see that your income reported was from the source that you have been laid off from all along. It was confusing to me- because I am thinking EVERYONE has a final quarter of wages- but I guess it could be incomplete quarter- so if they just look for $$$ they will find some for everyone- but not everyone is getting qualified for a new claim- alot of people are getting put back on their extensions and their benefit year extended.
Anyone here from Nevada? Due to a computer glitch none of us will get any of this new extension until as long as Christmas or maybe longer if they can't get it fixed. According to our unemployment office they have been working on the computer system prior to the bill even getting passed so that when it does get passed it won't take as long to get everything going. I find it hard to believe that it's going to take as long as Christmas or maybe even longer to fix a computer glitch. Anyone here from Nevada that has more information? THANKS!
Anon on Tue:
We all know that computer glitches should not take months to fix.
Its sounds like Nevada is stalling to earn interest on the money they already received from the Feds! Hang in there!
All of Nevada Unemployed or not, should be contacting your local NEWS MEDIA because many of these states are using "computer reprogramming" as a excuse and they know it. NO state should have to take until around Christmas to get EUC benefits going from HR 3548. There are posting on the Internet with contact names and faxes/emails to the Governors and Reps in these states that are doing this horrible thing to the unemployed who had to wait for weeks while the Bill was in the Senate and NOW are being screwed again by these States.
The crazy thing is that I didn't hear this from the unemployment office. I heard it from the local news media. Reid pushed to have this bill passed and now our unemployment office is taking their sweet time.
anon. A computer glitch??? thats the B.S. lie they are telling you people in Nevada?. WOW! I hope all of you are getting the word out just like was done when the Senate held up HR 3548 for weeks and weeks. ALL the states should be up and running in 2-3 weeks. FIGHT!
Anon Tue:
Its sounds like another ACCOUNTING GIMMICK!
The State of Nevada already received funds from Bill H.R.3548 last week. “Say no more” is correct.
There is interest to be earned by stalling payments. Shame on NEVADA….
I just got off the phone with my unemployment office. The person told me that along with the computer glitch there are other problems including that the funds have not been distributed and implemented. REALLY?!?! She also said that not everyone will be eligible to receive this extension so how do I know if I'm eligible? I'm unemployed and unable to find a job with our high unemployment rate so I would pretty much think that makes me eligible along with everyone else! Supposedly I'm suppose to be notified by mail if I'm eligible. This is frustrating.
Anybody know anything about ($25.00 under the Federal Additional Compensation program)?? I dont think i ever got this. Is it paid weekly?
Yes. Paid weekly. But it is NOT part of the balance in the account. Its just added on each week.
Yes, every week that you receive UC, you get the additional $25. It, along with all of the other federally enacted UC extensions since 2008, expire at the end of 2009.
my benefits ended in june. i never got even 1 $25.00.... oh well....
The unemployment system is a mess clearly. I lost my IT job last October, exhausted my unemployment benefits in August. Some of my IT work was as an independent contractor so I was not paying into the system for a 6 month job I worked, but still had to pay taxes on that income of course, but due to the 1099 status I came up short on the wages calculation for Obama's last unemployment benefits extension here in Illinois. Now, over a year later and I still have not found another professional career job - or any job for that matter. It's really discouraging; I'm guessing this new round of benefits will not apply to people in my situation again either? How totally weak; thanks for nothing.
If you exhausted your UC in August, then that means you were collecting. If that was your initial claim, then you should be eligible for Tier 1 UC. If that was your Teir 1, then you should move on to Tier 2. If that was Tier 2, and you have exhausted all of them, then you are eligible for this extension. You can begin receiving Tier 1 or 2 UC up to December 26, 2009. So, no matter what scenario applies to you, you should be eligible for this extension. If you exhausted in August and haven't received any UC since, then that most likely was your Tier 2, in which case, you are eligible for this extension.
Anon,
My prayers are with you and all “Nevadans”. Believe it or not, this web site is monitored by politicians and their staff. It helps them to keep a watch on the heart beat of America. Keep exposing Nevada’s sloppy excuse for holding your money. The big fat hole in the computer glitch excuse is that; the State of Nevada is home to some of the most brilliant computer programmers. Just ask all the Casino owners.
Thanks collecting! I hope the situation gets "fixed" soon. My only other question is should I be worried that I don't qualify for this extension since the person I talked to said not everyone qualifies for the extension? I was under the impression that because the recession is still on going and the unemployment numbers are so bad that everyone who is unable to find work is eligible for this extension.
If you were, or are, receiving any UC benefits this year, and you have, or will, exhaust them before the year is out, then you qualify.
anon,
Everyone is eligible for up to 99 weeks of benefits.
I’m not sure how Nevada will make you jump through hoops to get it. Remember, “the squeaky wheel” works everywhere.
Unemployed troll
You are a great service to this forum. Thank you for your accurate knowledge and concise explanations.
lol
FYI....Connecticut UI update Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC-08) Tier 3 FAQs
No mention of a Dec. 27th cut-off date.
November 17, 2009 Update: On November 6, the President expanded the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program to include additional weeks of benefits. For Connecticut, in addition to the 33 weeks of EUC08 currently provided under Tiers 1 and 2, one additional week of unemployment compensation benefits will be added to EUC08 Tier 2, and 13 weeks will be provided under EUC08 Tier 3, for a total of 14 additional weeks of EUC08 benefits.
EUC08 Tier 3 is provided to those states with a total unemployment rate of at least 6% over a three-month average; therefore, Connecticut qualifies for these 13 additional weeks of EUC08 Tier 3.
In states where the total unemployment rate is at least 8.5% over a three-month average, the legislation provides for EUC08 Tier 4 – an additional six weeks of benefits, for a total of 20 weeks. At this time, Connecticut does not qualify for these six weeks of EUC08 Tier 4.
anon. Sounds like a troll! No one can be that naive and gullible!
Excuse me?
If you are correct then, I guess I am gullible too.
I felt bad for anon and offered support.
richard t:
How does calling someone naive & gullible without any contribution to the topic at hand omit “you” from being a troll?
Say no more:
You are spot on! Thanks for keeping this forum on track.
We are all in the same boat here. Combative insults are for children.
Same question from me! Anyone know if when they look at your to qualify for a new claim- do they look at the income you made last quarter working? Is there a min. amount you must have made in the 4 quarters they look at? Anyone know what that amount is?
TIA!
This is state-specific. Many states are the same, but you would have to check with your state's UC office. Here in PA, if you have to file a new claim, you must be employed for a minimum of two weeks (this may have changed recently, but was like this with my initial filing). Then, they look at the last 5 quarters, and take your highest-earning quarter and base your weekly benefit amount on that. Again, your state could be different. I don't know your specific situation, but this extension is just that - an extension - of the previous EUC extentions, which apply to initial claims as far back as early 2008. So, unless this is your initial claim, you shouldn't have to file a new claim. But again, check with your state UC office.
TMKLBMT- sorry, I should have identified the amount in my previous post - I needed to have earned $1,026 to establish a new claim. I don't know if that's the universal minimum amount or if it was based on my original claim's base period earnings. I have no idea what kind of weekly benefit amount that would have netted me (or if it would have stayed the same) as I do not understand the system very well. That is the frustration for me - the system is very difficult to understand and when you ask specific questions of IDES they do not seem to want to give complete answers or explain the rules - one of the favorite responses I've heard more than once is "don't worry about that right now". There needs to be an "Unemployment for Illinois Dummies" book - now THAT would be helpful.
lol yeah, like I said, each state is different. In PA, in order to qualify for a new claim, you have to have earned 6 times your weekly benefit rate and worked full time for two weeks (there's other criteria too, stupid system can be confusing, huh).
I know in Illinois it was $600.00. I'm sure like everything else, that treshold is much more now.
Keep asking and wait for unemployed_troll to chime in. He should Know.
About the 25 dollars...you should be asking your state ofc this. Why would you want as many answers as you can get when you only need one. call them, write them -- you want to be informed don't you? In the mean time you're not getting that money are you? I'm just saying
Anyone who receives a weekly UC payment automatically gets an additional $25 for that week, period. If someone thinks they aren't receiving this payment, I say watch your account balance/statement a little more closely. This is a federal application included in the stimulus program, and like all other current EUC extensions, is set to expire at the end of 2009.
Look at this http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azJVQd1z_QT4&pos=9
Quoting the site you posted.
Under consideration is more short-term government spending on highway construction.
That is all fine and dandy IF you were in road construction and got laid off. OR KNOW SOMEONE. And it states SHORT TERM.
No regular Joe can get those kind of jobs like they did in the 1950s. Back then they would take anyone that breathed.Now you practically have to be an engineer to be hired off the street to dig ditches.
Case in point. My ex applied for Chrysler assembly plant. She knew someone and got the job even tho i have been going thru the motions multiple times for 3 years and getting a mess around. And its just a temp job.For some reason they keep messing up something.Needless to say she turned down the job because she has a job STEADY job at a gas station and Chrysler has alot of unpaid days off.
who can't get hired at mcdonalds...even if you've been fire from one, its ok. they understand.
if you are 18 or under or 50 and over maybe you can work there. Or from out of the country.
My step sister tried 3 different times with Mcdonalds, they would not hire her. She did finally find a job with Red Lobster.
GOOD FOR HER!!!!! Red Lobster has better food. Probly better pay too.
well finally got my letter call in date 25th,this has been a long wait,hope everyone has a better 2010.god bless im in il.i dont see the 25.oo dollar on here and im afraid to ask might hold me a little longer.
The 25$ isnt on mine either. my call day is 23rd
I think the 25$ is to the end of the year so i hear
To Joe...I am happy for you.
Below is an article in today's Atlanta paper -- I wonder how many other states will have to ask for a loan...
State may ask for federal help -- and higher employer payments -- to cover jobless benefits, labor commissioner says
By Michael E. Kanell
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
6:50 p.m. Tuesday, November 17, 2009
With the state’s unemployment insurance fund nearly depleted, a federal loan will likely be needed next month, according to the state labor commissioner.
A decision on requesting a loan from the U.S. Labor Department will be made by mid-December, Michael Thurmond said during a discussion Tuesday at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I am just trying to get us through 2009.”
While money is still trickling into the fund from employer payments, the big numbers are discouraging: The trust fund, which started November with $138.9 million, has been averaging $147.2 million a month in payments to jobless Georgians.
In addition to seeking federal help in December, the state next year may require that many employers pay higher unemployment premiums, Thurmond said.
Those premiums differ from company to company and are based on company size as well as the number of layoffs each has carried out.
Given the state of the economy, “I don’t think it’s in anybody’s interest to have a sharp increase in premiums,” Thurmond said.
The maximum payment to a jobless Georgian is $330 a week, while the average payment is $270.
In addition to being needed by many households, the jobless benefits are good for the economy, Thurmond said. “This money goes to buy food and gas and to pay rent. This money goes directly back into the economy.”
The official jobless rate for the state is 10.1 percent, and it's 10.5 percent in metro Atlanta. Roughly a half-million people are jobless and looking for work. Meanwhile, hiring has been so anemic that job seekers outnumber openings by more than six to one.
With the pool of jobless cresting, Georgia this year has paid more than $1.47 billion in unemployment benefits. In all of 2008, the state paid $950.4 million, which was itself 50 percent more than the payments of the year before.
At least 24 states plus the U.S. Virgin Islands have already asked for the federal advances. Among those asking for aid are Florida, North and South Carolina and Alabama.
Under the law, the state cannot shirk its responsibility to the jobless, Thurmond said. “The main thing is, every claim that is payable will be paid.”
This is a state issue and has far more to do with regular benefits than with this latest federal extension.
GW in IL. The $25 has NEVER been reflected in our IDES acct balance because it is separate coming from the ARRA of the Stimulus package and our Biweekly IDES statements would always have that wording on it, we ALL should know that by now especially if you exhausted 79 weeks of benefits and are in the LONG-TERM unemployed category.
I KNOW that. I was basically stating what you just said.
I finally got my EB started this week after some confusion. when this runs out (unless i land a job) it will be into 2010. will i get the new extension or is there another tier? You guys have been so informative. Thanks!!!
Currently, the way this extension law was written, you won't receive it. It says that nobody can move to a new Tier of EUC after 2009, which renders Tier 4 (the additional 6 weeks for certain states) useless. Congress is aware of this situation, and they know it must be addressed.
Many states that are currently paying out EB are suspending it in favor of the federally funded EUC. You should look into this a little more.
Garry NC, how did you already get your unemployment started again? I'm in North Carolina too, and so far nothing, not even a letter, reguarding this new extension. I emailed NCESC and they said it will "be a few weeks". So it looks like mid December before any money gets here. Just wondering how it happend so quickly for you?
I did NOT get the new extension. I got dropped after the euc08 and was suppose to get the EB. I now have that cleared up and while talking to the agent she told me the same thing about the new extension..... that it would be a couple weeks before they know anything.
Question for anyone in IL. I finally got a letter on Monday stating that I might be eligible for the extension but I need to report to my local office. So I went to my local office yesterday(North Aurora) and waited to talk to someone for 2 hours. When it was finally my turn, I sat down with someone for literally 5 minutes who verified my SS# and then said that he had to re-enter me in to the system and that my call date is November 23rd and that I will get 13 weeks. As of today, tele-serve is still saying I have exhausted all of my benefits and I have no balance. Has anyone else experienced this? And if so, how long did it take tele-serve to update you?
You should get a wages claimant letter by Friday the latest, by then the money should be in there.
By the way, have u tried to re-opening your claim on Tele-serve? By them re-entering your info into the system seems to me they were re-opening your claim for you which should have kicked in right away by the time you get home 2 check.
It's so easy 4 them to tell you that your call day is the 23rd because every1 that gets this new extention WILL be calling starting the 23rd. That info is on the IDES website under press release section.
To LostinIL, I received my letter on Saturday telling me the same thing so I went in to the Joliet office. My benefit year ended on 11/03/09 so the clerk re-opened my claim and said because my year ended and I had exhausted all extensions that I fell it to a group they didn’t know how to proceed with yet. He mentioned they get direction from a group called Regent and they would have to put my claim aside until they are told what to do with cases like mine. He also said I should get something in the mail regarding this. So here I am waiting again. Also, as of today Teleserve still indicates I’ve exhausted my benefits. I think the light at the end of this tunnel is really a train.
To JoeinIL, so the clerk didn't give you a call in date?
No, I'm hoping I get a letter this week telling me that.
The extension just passed is exactly that, an extension of the previous federal EUC extensions enacted in 2008, which in turn themselves were extensions of your initial UC claim. This isn't a new claim, nor is it any state EB extension. Therefore, if you were collecting any UC at all in 2009, whether it be your initial claim, or any of the previously enacted EUC extensions, and you already have, or will, exhaust your UC benefits before the end of 2009, then you are eligible for this (or Tier 1 or 2) extension.
Procedures differ from state to state, and I believe the people at the various UC offices in several states are themselves a little confused as to how to go about implementing this extension for those claimants whose accounts are inactive, or may have even been closed. I suggest giving your state a little time to organize what it is they have to do.
In IL, Local IDES Office: Lombard
My UI Benefits Status:
Regular UI: 26 Weeks - Exhausted
EUC 08: 33 Weeks - Had to re-apply mid extension to
establish a new benefits year. Exhausted EUC 08 (Tiers 1 & 2) as of
final certification on 11/9 covering weeks ending 10/31
and 11/07
Monday 11/16: my Teleserv balance had been re-set from $0 to the $ equivalent of 14 weeks of benefits.
Update 11/18: This morning I received a new UI Claimant Wage Information Sheet that contained this comment: “This notice is to inform you your federal extension account balance has been increased to reflect up to 13 weeks of additional benefits, referred to as Tier 3 Benefits”.
So, it appears my balance reflects the additional one week of Tier 2 and 13 weeks of Tier 3. I previously received a Statement of Certification with a call-in date of 11/23 and a new confirmation number so we'll see what happens next week after I certify.
Looks like IL is beginning to work things out. Hope everyone gets good news soon.
I live in IL but I get my unemployment from MO has anybody received a letter yet from MO saying anything?
Here's what's on the MO site:
"November 6, 2009 - Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 (Worker Assistance Act)
Federal legislation has been passed that provides additional Federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) benefits for those who have exhausted current EUC benefits. At this time, we are not taking applications while waiting for guidelines from the United States Department of Labor on implementing this additional extension. Once we are able to begin filing these claims, an application and instructions will be mailed to those who may qualify."
Note the part about "waiting for guidelines". As I stated above, give them the time they need to work out whatever it is they have to do, and I'm sure you'll be contacted. Of course, there's always the option of calling them, but I'd just sit tight for right now.
Just to let you all know.....last week....after reading all the blogs....I called teleserve....went to ext:2....requalified myself...received a letter in the mail on Saturday....this notice is to inform you your federal extension account balance has been increased to reflect up to 13 weeks of additional benefits. Referred to as tier 3 benefits.....Now my ? is, I finally landed a part-time job 14 hours a week.....$8.00 an hour...this is 1/3 of what I made b/4...do they deduct this from my total $ amount or denie me completly?........here something for all of you to think about....am I depressed yes....do I mope around yes....do I cry yes....but the best thing I have done for the past 2 years, is donate my time to the veterans...I put more time into that, than I did my corporate job...this year our club & 2 others are cooking Thanksgiving Dinner for 200 enlisted men.....what a joy.....I have met so many good people....we all help each other out...I needed a battery for my car...1993 jeep(can't afford a new one anymore)...it didn't run for almost 2 months....someone came to me and insisted that they buy me a battery(of course I fought it)....they told me they felt I was valuable to the club....good luck to all...god bless...have a wonderful Thanksgiving
See if they (p/t employer) can pay you under the table(cash). You'll make more on unemployment then if you work your p/t job for 8 an hour. Plus they will cut you off unemployment.
Again, I would assume this is state-specific, but here in PA, we have what they call a Partial Benefit Amount. If you work, you report how much you made that week, and they deduct your UC check that amount. If you earn your PBA or above, you receive no UC for that particular week.
You can go to your state's UC website, and I'm sure you could find the info you need, or maybe it is in the mailing that you got when you first filed.
I have a friend who collects unemployment every 5th week....he says I will just lose the amount that I make working p/t.....I understand everything with unemployment but this....
Well I finally got ahold of someone at IDES....because I make less than 1/2 of what my weekly benefit is....I can still collect...I am way under half....now maybe I can get my rent caught up.....good thing I'm only 2 weeks behind....just to let you all know I have been unemployed since 1/08......
Just a note....please please please all of you home owners....please make your mortage payment first....put off the utilities you can.....it's easier getting help with gas/electric than the mortage.....and all you vets...take advantage of the VA
Just a note....please please please all of you home owners....please make your mortage payment first....put off the utilities you can.....it's easier getting help with gas/electric than the mortage
it also helps to drop cable TV and cel phone (if you have a land line) and internet service. I find myself listening to the radio more now than watching TV. 200 channels and nothing on. I dont pay for my Dish Net.
I have dropped my cable, internet, & home phone....I am lucky to work at place that doesn't mind if I use the internet....also like I said b/4 I belong to a Legion Hall & they have internet access for all members....my boyfriend who is also not working has a pay as you go phone....
I'm amazed at what I live without.....got the part-time job...didn't have to buy any new cloths for that....had all that from b/4....for some reason I still have TV...now that something I don't understand!
THATS GREAT!!!! even a P/T job is hard to come by.
It is great....brand new gift store....hope it makes it....I do make some cash cooking....on the days I'm not at the gift store...but the problem is one day I could make $4 & another day make $20.....between 2 of us we have made $200 a month to $400 a month....jail house wages...but it's better than nothing
I was wondering if someone on here could help me out. I'm trying to figure out how many weeks of the newest passed extension that I should get. I tried calling IDES but was directed to the inbox, where my message has gone a week now with out being responded to.
I have been on unemployment in Illinois since Febuary of this year, I exhausted my benefits in the middle of August and was granted the 20 week extension. I exhaust thouse benefits the middle of next month, which means I should qualify for the latest extension that O'Bama just signed. I've yet to receive any paperwork from IDES and continue to file bi-weekly until they run out next month.
Does anyone seem to know or think what my extension will be and how I should proceed from here?
Thanks,
Unemployed/Frustrated/Annoyed/Jobless/Hopeless in Chicago
As long as you exhaust your current UC before the end of the year, you will get 13 more weeks. Keep filing your claim as you are, and when you are about to run out next month, your UC office will let you know in the same manner in which they informed you when your first UC ran out back in August.
That's what I was thinking, too. Thanks for your input!
A POSITIVE NOTE FOR SOME!
I am impressed with all the comradeship on this web site. I read all the sad comments about struggles with the lack of income and learning how to go without. I sincerely pray for us all. I hope most of you are still young enough to be a valuable asset for the potential “job recovery”. Keep your minds and problem solving skills sharp for when employer’s “come knocking”.
Take it from me; “youth” is a job requirement. Count your blessings if you are searching for appropriate income while you have your “youth”.
Sincerely,
Discriminated at 54 years old.
you should qualify if your benefits run out the middle of December....you will not receive any paperwork for the new extension until you run out. If you want answers from IDES...do not leave messages...I only sat on hold today for 5 min....keep filing your bi-weekly...your last paperwork you receive may tell you that your extension has been approved....for the last 2 years mine has been automatic until this one... re-instated myself thru teleserve...good luck
Collecting from 2006.....join the crowd....I feel the same way...they have the cream of the crop to pick from....I have applied for jobs told my qualifications weren't what they were looking for....then saw the job posted again 2-3 weeks later....I never expect to make what I did b/4....the funny thing is, I see alot of people w/college education & youth, who don't have a common sense bone in their body...I am so happy I instilled that into my children....good luck...I guess the secret is to get retrained in something...
To Curlie…
Thanks for the support. I had an exciting career in Engineering & Project Management with a Major contractor most of my life. I Won all sorts of “early completion” and “finishing under budget“ awards. Well, it’s no secrete on how to do that, just work around the clock and 7 days a week for ever & ever. Nice going with raising your kids. Remember, what goes around comes around. They will take care of you in your old age as you did in their young age. I have re-invented myself several times in the past several years.
It just seems like everything blew up at the same time. To old for corporate America, big 401K losses and, just a pathetic economy with no sign of resiliency.
Unemployed-Troll
You were correct, I just got my letter today, and it says the Maximum amount of my teir 3 Euc is 4,264 dollars. Before that, I did call the office and explain to them my situation, and just as you said, they said the same thing...It sure is a relief to find someone so accurate and uptodate with information and patience.
Thanks Unemployed-Troll, when someone told me to take a chill pill,,,,hey who knew the chill pill was Unemployed-Troll.
lol I assume your weekly benefit amount is $328 huh?
;-)
Does anyone know the status of the implemenation of the latest 20 week extension in South Carolina? I went to an eligibility review today (assuming it was concerning the latest extension) waited for an hour and a half and was told I had exhausted my benefits and did not need to be there. When ask about the new extension, the friendly person at the office repeated I had exhausted my benefits and suggested I should not believe every thing I hear in the media. Any suggestions on breaking through the company line types that answer the phone in Spartanburg and talking to someone willing to talk about my claim for more than 20 seconds. Thanks to all.
Tier III ehausted 8/2009
Unemployed since 2/2008
I assume you mean Tier 2 exhausted, as the extension just passed is Tier 3 & 4. You are eligible. I don't see anything on the SC website that mentions the extension, so I'm guessing they're a little slow with this process, as are some of the other states. I suggest you just sit tight and wait for your UC office to contact you.
Eric Johnson.
Please hold...
Unemployed_troll will be with you shortly.
^ lol
Curlie and GW IN IL should open up a business, on helping people save there homes by cutting back, and accepting things or jobs you would normally bypass, Turn off all the lights, ligtht some candles, with safty in mine, turn down the heat, to about 60 65, two sets of clothing will do, no need for new cloths all the time. pick up the food coupons in front of your door if not, look for yellow or green tag savings when shopping, or watch how older people shop. Tell everyone there will be no christmas gifts this year, that your're sorry for that, Cable not important at this time, try watching just regular tv...one channel with the news hopefully is better than none if you must watch tv. invite fam and friends over for intertainment, ask them to bring somthing to eat....or you go visit them...get use to walking long distances if you can, it saves on car fair. Here are some jobs that people will not accept, because it puts them on front street...but these jobs are,,,,Being santa and ringing the bell for tips, passing out flyers, dilivering the newspaper.
this is the second time someone changed there name to my name,,,you funny yo.
zimba's
Your profound wisdom is infantile. Please curb your thoughts.
zimba:
For generations now, people have exploited the name of those with just a handful of brain cells. Get it? If not, unemployed troll might explain it to you.
I'm so confused...like most of us here, I suppose. My EU is about to expire (12/02). It begun 8/01 so it was set to last... 19 wks? Is this correct? Am I eligible for EUC08? Which one was supposed to have come first? What can I expect at this point? The IDES letter says I might be potentially eligible for a new benefit year (if I made 1600 in the past 18 months), but I think I'm already enrolled thru '10? The numbers of weeks everyone's talking about don't seem to add up in my case...
Pls help with your wisdom and your superior understanding of all this. Thx so much, and good luck to us all.
First of all, I assume you mean your EU began on 8/1/09, not in August 2001 (lol sorry, couldn't resist). You didn't state exactly which extension program you are currently on. If you are currently receiving Tier 2 EUC and it will exhaust on 12/2, then you are eligible for this extension, and will receive 14 weeks - 1 week gets retroactively applied to Tier 2, and Tier 3 is 13 weeks (this is where the 14-week term that we've been hearing comes from). If you are currently collecting under Tier 1 (which is what it sounds like based on 20 weeks), then you will move to Tier 2, which is now 13 weeks. In any event, your 12/2 expiration date means you will receive a minimum of 13 weeks beginning then.
UT-thank you! You're a saint for taking the time to explain. My brain has just been too fried form writing cover letters, and from efforts to start a business (should the employment search lalapalooza remain fruitless). Have a great night!
this is what the North Carolina website says tonight..Fresh news, since I've been checking it multiple times per day:
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE NEW UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS EXTENSION ENACTED ON NOVEMBER 6, 2009
A second tier extension enhancement and a third tier extension for North Carolina unemployment insurance benefits has been enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Obama. The US Department of Labor has developed procedures that each state must use in order to begin paying these benefits. NCESC staff is working to implement the procedures as quickly as possible. The current estimate is that it will take six weeks from November 18, 2009 to implement information system and program changes for the release of benefit payments. NCESC will mail notices that include instructions for filing to all unemployment insurance recipients who are potentially eligible for the tier 2 and tier 3 extensions.
So, we've got about 6 more weeks to go! uggggggggg Thats Christmas or very close to New Years!! Maybe the first of 2010!!!! Wow, this is ridiculously long to wait for the Government to get its act together. But i guess I shouldn't complain, hopefully I will qualify. I've exhausted my last EB benefits in mid September and like you all, its a daily struggle to survive!
WOW that is unbelievable....but then again NC is the home of Mayberry so everything is slow.
Yes you are correct, that's what the site says. However, Tier 2 was already enacted, and many people have actually already exhausted their Tier 2 UC. The bill that was just passed is for Tier 3 and 4. The fact that they have this (typo?) on their website indicates to me that the people at the NC service centers are indeed absolutely flustered at how to go about implementing this latest extension (many states are) and it may very well indeed be several weeks before the people in NC receive their benefits. Ugh, I hope the state of NC, as well as all of the other states that didn't prepare for this, can up their pace a little, lol.
Actually, Mayberry, North Carolina was a small studio lot in Culver City, CA. Nevertheless, point well taken. Now that I am unemployed, TV is my number one source for useless information.
Oh great here we go with Opey, Andy , Goober and the whole nine yards. I'm afraid NC will never overcome this casting as a backwoodsy, small rural place with apple pies on the window sill, and drunks in the slammer guarded by dumb deputies. In fact, if you haven't been to NC lately, like since the 1980's, we've been the 10th most populated state, and unfortunately the wide-open spaces with small town flair and caring are actually a thing of the past. All you have to do is look on a population map and see that the Carolinas region is like the 5th most urban region or congested population per mile, following behind the Megalopolis (DC to Boston), southern Cal, Lake Michigan/Chicago, south Florida, then the 85/40 strip from Atlanta to Raleigh, including the still fastest growing pop. in the country right in the piedmont of NC and western SC. You're probably thinking of the Appalachians, which also are now being scoured out, usually by Floridians who vacation here, or yankees stealing what few jobs are now left behind after the corporate stink robbed the local citizens. I'd love to live in Mayberry and think the country would be better off if people were that honest again.
At any rate, you're right about the powers at the Employment Offic in NC...its slow!
To the fake zimba,,,,your blah blah blah,,,means nothing,,,unemployed-troll has nothing to do with what you type,,,go back and really read and figure what he's on here for,,,,what you need is a chat room...
sayno more must have been the imposter,,,,lol...now he mad, he gave himself up....dumb azz
also say no more
your name itself speaks for itself...knowbody want to hear about the history you talkin,,,you fuckin couch potatoe...
Unemployed-Troll
Yes that's correct..
To Zimba,
I agree, Unemployed troll is a great service to this web site. I sent him a comment yesterday on just that. He takes the time to communicate on a professional level with us all. All we are saying to the real & fake “zimba” is that there is no need to belittle or insult the users in this forum as you have done in the past. Other then that, you sound like a “good Joe” stuck in the same mess as us all. Good luck to you and happy you received your $4,???.00 today.
To Fake site moderator
I don't recall ever insulting anyone, maybe someone read what I posted the wrong way...Some on here tend to think that a person dumb for the questions they ask, I only ask questions because I have no time to go in debt with unemployment, only to seek answers. I am a homeowner of three homes, mortgage free on two of them, one me and my sister rent out, it is a duplex and we do make good on it...I own a 2007 accu and do keep gas in the tank, and keep food on the table for my son and daugther,
I already saw myself unemployed when I was working, so I got into real estate, first starting fixing up and saling homes, yes I do do construction work on the side, plumming and electric included.
When this person on here said my suggestion on how to make extra money was infantile...he a fooolll...even still that i can earn money, I will keep my eyes open for opportunities as that I mentioned...Passing out flyers for $75 a day will buy a good meal for you table...ringing the bell as santa will pay a bill, and when you do all the things that people will not do,,,it makes a merry christmas for you....My last job had nothing to do with properties or street work, I made $100 bucks just to help clean out a basement, and they want me to come back to put in a new bathroom...
I am busy everyday, and really do not have time to check into umemployment, so yes I don't know, because I still do not have time to look at the news most times...so yes I come here to catch up. When people say single parents, they tend to think of the woman, I am no woman, but I am a single parent. Just starting to date...another single parent with one kid...always looking for money and keep my bank account where its at..life easier without pride, and without pride keeps money in my pockets.
Just to let them know how dumb I am.
Its been almost 2 weeks since Pres. Obama signed the unemployment extension law. I got my last check in mid october. Now its already Nov 20, has anyone in the State of California received any information regarding the extension?
On the EDD website it just says they will contact us..but its been 2 weeks and I haven't heard anything yet. Has anyone heard anything from the EDD yet about this unemployment extension? I am so worried about being homeless soon
Zima;
After reading your previous post to Fake Moderator, I thought I would tell you this.
I admire your motivation and willingness to take any job that comes your way. You sound like a good single parent. I apoligize if I mis-read your earlier comment about Curlie and GW IN IL,opening a business together. I thought you were being sarcastic.(My bad). It turns out that you were serious about these jobs they should take and only trying to help. Good luck to you.
Hello,
I need help. I exhausted my benefits in July 2009. I was not eligible for the extension because I was found Monetarily ineligible. I was 610.00 short from the guidelines. I have been calling unemployment the office in Chicago everyday. First I would like to say I am amazed at how rude these people are that work there they make you feel like a criminal and talk down to you. I have heard we don't know yet. I have heard you know more than we do because you are at home watching the news. I mean these people are just so mean. Why?
Anyway, I have been told that those guidelines were revised and I would get the extension now????? This is just from talking to people. There was a man at unemployment that I talked to On November 12 and he said the same thing that the guidelines were changed and I would get it but he did not ask me for my SS#, name, NOTHING!!!
Can someone help me. I know there are massive people in the same position as me. I worked for 20 years I took off 2 weeks in that quarter because I had to have surgery and not eligible. I could not believe when they told me that.
So now I have had no money coming in since July, I am going to loose my house because I can not get on any mortgage help plan because I have no income.
Can someone please tell me is this true with unemployment or what should I do.
Carrie. You need to go into your nearest unemployment office and speak to a Claims rep and/or a Supervisor. Anything on the bloggosphere is NOT credible and anything told you over the phone is not credible either. Something this important should be handled FACE to FACE via IDES. Wishing you well but I am amazed why ppl ask for help on this various sites when something so serious as your situation I would have been in my IDES asap!.
I called my mortgage company (i was behind 3 mos). My benefits stoped in june. I told them about the extension and that i would get it. Thats all they needed to hear. They dont want anymore homes on their books. At this time they are doing a modification and are to let me know this week. Its worth a try. It could "buy" you some time. As someone said... mortgage and rent first!
I'm surprised that Zimba doesn't have a career as an English teacher...
Some people just like a bit of attention once in a while. We just need to ignore them and move on. (but a good point made)
Anybody that can "sail" a house has to be smart!!!!
Blessings to ALL of the unemployed who have been through the gates of mediocrity from the time Congress passed HR 3548 on 9/23rd AND the States (some of them) still can't get there #$&@!!!! together in a timely matter like other states who will be issuing EUC benefits starting next week. Stay focused ALL of us because this economy will take a very long time to recovery AND JOBS JOBS JOBS or more extensions will be required. 17 MILLION unemployed Americans are NOT going to sit quietly and accept this B.S. We didn't create this Recession! Corporate America got a $700 BILLION dollar EXTENSION from President Bush & President Obama!!!!
Oh wow maybe I did not make my self clear. I went to unemployment after my 26 weeks were up and I know what I was told. I have been calling the 800 number since last week and if they don't no anything like they say. Why would I go to my local office and spend 2 hours there for them to tell me the same thing.
OMG why are you people talking about things on here you should not be talking about? Oh and if you are refering to me about I want attention and anybody can sail a house.
Let me tell you I am not looking for anyone's attention at all. Especially not from some blog site. 2ND HERE IN ILLINOIS NO IT IS NOT THAT EASY TO SAIL A HOUSE. THERE ARE RULES YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW IF YOU CAN EVEN GET ANYONE TO CALL YOU BACK.
Besides that you must have a lot of time on your hands to sit on this and say the stupid things you say. THATS WHY THIS WORLD IS A SAD SCARY PLACE because of people like you.
I see your point Carrie...it is difficult to sail a house in Illinois!!!!
ncesc web site was updated today. says we will not get any money tell after x-mass. I cant belive this is an Emergency Extension. Is ther really any body i could talk to who could really help?
Six weeks? How could it take so long? Thats unacceptable.
Carrie... it was not directed at you. I was replying to newyorker. But to let you know.. i talked to three different people at NC employment security and none did anything. my benefits stoped in june. Then one day last week i called again after reasing this site. i finallg got someone who knew what she was doing. I am now recieving state EB benefits. Dont give up.. call every day till you get someone who knows what they are doing. I was told they are using a lot of part time and temp people. A visit to the local office is the route to be taken. Those employees there are full time employees and not phone call takers. hang in there. dont give UP!!
Oh great here we go with Opey, Andy , Goober and the whole nine yards. I'm afraid NC will never overcome this casting as a backwoodsy, small rural place with apple pies on the window sill, and drunks in the slammer guarded by dumb deputies. In fact, if you haven't been to NC lately, like since the 1980's, we've been the 10th most populated state, and unfortunately the wide-open spaces with small town flair and caring are actually a thing of the past. All you have to do is look on a population map and see that the Carolinas region is like the 5th most urban region or congested population per mile, following behind the Megalopolis (DC to Boston), southern Cal, Lake Michigan/Chicago, south Florida, then the 85/40 strip from Atlanta to Raleigh, including the still fastest growing pop. in the country right in the piedmont of NC and western SC. You're probably thinking of the Appalachians, which also are now being scoured out,and raped, usually by Floridians who vacation here, or yankees stealing what few jobs are now left behind after the corporate stink robbed the local citizens. I'd love to live in Mayberry and think the country would be better off if people were that honest again.
At any rate, you're right about the powers at the Employment Offic in NC...its slow!
Its bad enough North Carolina doesn't get there program moving faster, but to have inaccurate statements on their website, like
"A second tier extension enhancement and a third tier extension for North Carolina unemployment insurance benefits has been enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Obama"
is a joke. Tier 2 have been available for a long time.
They already have the money and laws from the fed govt, so any delay at this point is all on the state.
lol yeah, I commented above on that last night. Unfortunately, all you can do is wait at this point. As you can probably imagine, I'm sure every UC office in every state is being absolutely flooded with phone calls, so don't take it personally if someone is a little short with you, lol.
One fool can ask more questions in a minute than twelve wise men can answer in an hour.
To Royce:
I'm not sure of the wording or which tier has been exhausted, all I know is that I've been through I think tier 1, then tier 2, then the last extension was EB (emergency benefits). The state of NC is calling this next one a "second tier extension enhancement" whatever that means, you're right, sounds kind of like a joke or a coverup to me, like the state doesn't really know what they are talking about. But I have written to someone at the ESC in NC, and she wrote me back that it "would be a few weeks"..this was as of last Friday I think. Then the state updates its website, and says six weeks from Nov. 18 , which would mean maybe around December 23 it appears. Maybe they are just saying that to keep us questioning badgers away, perhaps they will in fact be much faster than that. Has anyone got any of this new extension paid to them yet? Thanks.
To a degree, that's correct. The law just passed adds 1 additional week to Tier 2, and then Tier 3 is 13 weeks, and Tier 4 is 6 weeks. So, the 1 week + 13 weeks is where this "14-week" extension that we've been hearing about is coming from.
Since the law was passed on Fri. 6, the first payable week is the week ending Sat. 14. If there are states that file one week at a time, I suppose it is possible that there are people who have received a payment. As for my state - PA - we file every 2 weeks, so the earliest I can file is Sun. 22. I file over the internet with direct deposit, and the funds are usually in my account on Tuesday, Wed. at the latest.
Unemployed_Troll ..... You Da Man.. You really know your stuff. To get unemployment benefits now is like trying to get disability and most have to retain an attorney. You might consider offering your services for a fee. Hey.... self employment. Thanks dude....
why would anybody ask what the truth is about unemployment on this blog or any other? you see these are mostly opinions, redundant questions, and personal stories. Maybe a good place to cover your eyes to make it more pleasant. So if you need answers don't be afraid to call or visit your employ ofcs, otherwise you can continue on here hoping to get the answers you want to hear.
Hero of the Stupid!!!!
This is unbelievable what you people are talking about on here. Do you guys even live in Illinois. I have called the main Chicago number since last week. THEY DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING. NOTHING AND THEY ARE THE RUDEST PEOPLE I HAVE EVER TALK TO IN MY LIFE. THIS STATE IS SO CORRUPT AND YET THIS STATE MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE A CRIMINAL. I JUST CALLED AGAIN AND SPOKE TO A VERY RUDE WOMEN WHO WAS SMACKIN HER GUM AND HAD HER NASTY ASS TONE.
My point to asking this question earlier, was to see if there is anyone else out there like me who also was monitarly ineligible for an extension (any extension) I have never received one extension because of me being 610.00 short. That was my point.
I really honestly do not know what has gotten in to people. I know were broke, I know we are loosing our homes, I know I can barely feed my son. I know there are other people just like me who have no family to lean on. I feel your pain believe me. What happened to people being "neighborly" and guiding people in the right direction of what to do. Someone else to talk to or share a story with so you don't feel like you are the isolated case.
I just don't get it why people are so evil now.
And who ever said that I shouldn't be asking a question like that on here and go to the office. Let me break this down to you because you are probably one who is on there 4 extension.
When you are told you are monetarily ineligible because of the federal guidelines. You can not appeal the federal guidelines so no point in doing that. When I was at my local NORTH AURORA OFFICE in July there was a gentleman there who was also monetarily ineligible because he was 15.00 short. YES PEOPLE 15 DOLLARS. So Since I was told that the federal guidelines have been revised and now I should be eligible. I WAS ASKING IF ANYONE ELSE WAS IN THE SAME POSITION.
OH YEAH AND THE OBAMA PLAN THAT WAS ROLLED OUT TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO BOUGHT MY HOME 18 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS 19. YOU DON'T EVEN QUALIFY FOR ANY PROGRAM UNLESS YOU HAVE INCOME.
I hope you people think about how rude you are to talk crap on here and try to make people feel dumb. The ones that are talking crap Have a beautiful Holiday and I am sure your kids will wake up with something under the christmas tree because my son wont.
This really pisses me off.
you people that are talking crap are probably the ones that have gotten every extension, you are on every state program that there is out there. Probably getting food stamps, section 8 paying 11 a month for rent and driving a freakin ESCALADE. YOU PEOPLE ARE WHAT MAKES LIFE HARD FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVE NOTHING
Of all the aspects of social misery nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment.
SOCIAL MISERY, are you kidding me. it isn't even worth coming on here because all you people want to do is talk shit and make fun of people.
YOU PEOPLE REALLY SHOULD LOOK AROUND YOU AND SAY WHAT HAPPENED TO MY SOUL AND KINDNESS. I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU PEOPLE WHO ARE TALKING SHIT HAVE NO CHILDREN AND DO NOT MAKE THEM SUFFER WITH YOUR STUPIDITY
You seem to have some of the answers to your own questions...there are services available (you mentioned a few)they are there for situations just like you mentioned.
It can be hard yes, and it won't work out for everyone and maybe its not meant to. It happens
This comment is for the ones who decided to change their situation and make the most of it: "getting food stamps, section 8 paying 11 a month for rent and driving a freakin ESCALADE.
When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.
We're closing down this thread, guys. You can find our two most recent posts on the topic here:
http://progressillinois.com/2009/11/17/hoyer-ui-extension-jobs-bill
And here:
http://progressillinois.com/2009/11/18/nelp-unemployment-benefits-january