Updated:Stimulus Unemployment Extended Benefits and Emergency Benefits Weekly State by State Reporting…

Updated with corrected links thanks commenter!! Note there is a more recent post with Triggers eff 4/19 now up as well…

We have a serious lack of reporting on the state level and in national media about eligibility for the extended benefits in the stimulus, so here are some important resources so we can monitor it ourselves:

PDF here from NELP with guidelines for UE Benefit Extensions

Here is the key information for people needing extended benefits, which may be most of us under the ‘new normal’ PIMCO keeps talking about:

6. Where can workers find out whether their state qualifies for EB under the different “trigger” formulas in order to collect EB after running out of EUC benefits?

On a weekly basis, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) provides an update of which states have reached the required unemployment level to trigger on to EB.

The most recent notice is summarized in Table 1, and the weekly DOL notice can be found at:

http://ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.asp by selecting
“Extended Benefits Trigger Notice.”

Here is the status of triggered extended benefits by state as of April 5th:

TRIGGER NOTICE NO. 2009 – 12
STATE EXTENDED BENEFIT (E.B.) INDICATORS UNDER P.L. 102-318
Effective April 5, 2009

Here is the status of triggered Emergency benefits by state as of April 5th:

EUC 2008 TRIGGER NOTICE NO. 2008 – 12
SECOND TIER EUC 2008 TRIGGERS UNDER P.L. 110-449
Effective April 5, 2009

State	13 Weeks IUR	3 months SA TUR	Status	Effective Date
Alabama	3.83	7.6	ON	2/15/2009
Alaska	5.52	7.6	ON	7/6/2008
Arizona	3.18	7.0	ON	1/4/2009
Arkansas	4.99	6.2	ON	1/25/2009
California	5.02	9.7	ON	7/6/2008
Colorado	2.82	6.5	WILL BEGIN	4/12/2009
Connecticut	5.14	7.1	ON	11/9/2008
Delaware	4.16	6.6	ON	3/29/2009
District of Columbia	1.44	9.1	ON	7/6/2008
Florida	3.57	8.6	ON	10/5/2008
Georgia	3.85	8.4	ON	11/9/2008
Hawaii	3.21	5.9
Idaho	6.90	6.5	ON	1/18/2009
Illinois	5.13	7.9	ON	8/3/2008
Indiana	5.53	8.8	ON	10/5/2008
Iowa	4.35	4.7	ON	3/22/2009
Kansas	3.42	5.6
Kentucky	4.86	8.5	ON	8/3/2008
Louisiana	2.14	5.5
Maine	4.51	7.4	ON	2/15/2009
Maryland	3.57	6.1	WILL BEGIN	4/12/2009
Massachusetts	5.28	7.2	ON	2/15/2009
Michigan	7.74	11.3	ON	7/6/2008
Minnesota	4.48	7.4	ON	11/9/2008
Mississippi	3.87	8.5	ON	7/6/2008
Missouri	4.41	7.8	ON	10/5/2008
Montana	5.63	5.5	ON	2/15/2009
Nebraska	2.16	4.2
Nevada	5.82	9.3	ON	8/3/2008
New Hampshire	3.69	4.9
New Jersey	5.49	7.4	ON	1/4/2009
New Mexico	3.15	5.1
New York	4.38	7.1	ON	2/15/2009
North Carolina	5.26	9.5	ON	9/7/2008
North Dakota	2.89	3.9
Ohio	4.91	8.6	ON	8/3/2008
Oklahoma	2.28	5.0
Oregon	7.28	9.6	ON	11/9/2008
Pennsylvania	6.31	7.0	ON	1/18/2009
Puerto Rico	5.41	13.6	ON	7/6/2008
Rhode Island	5.95	10.1	ON	7/6/2008
South Carolina	5.34	10.0	ON	8/3/2008
South Dakota	1.89	4.2
Tennessee	4.13	8.4	ON	8/3/2008
Texas	2.20	6.1	WILL BEGIN	4/12/2009
Utah	3.31	4.6
Vermont	5.38	6.6	ON	2/15/2009
Virgin Islands	2.27	4.0	WILL END	4/12/2009
Virginia	2.47	5.9
Washington	4.97	7.6	ON	12/7/2008
West Virginia	4.08	5.2	ON	4/5/2009
Wisconsin	6.46	6.9	ON	1/25/2009
Wyoming	2.72	3.6
All states are eligible for up to 20 weeks of first tier benefits. 37 states are eligible for up to 13 weeks of second tier benefits as of April 5, 2009. I.U.R reflects 13-week period ending March 21, 2009. T.U.R reflects avg. seasonally adjusted T.U.R for 3-month period ending February, 2009.

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