Hundreds of workers still yet to receive the $300 unemployment boost in some states

As the year runs out, all federally funded COVID-19 financial aid begins to run out, with millions of Americans still unemployed.

In early August, the Lost Wages Assistance program which was created by a memorandum President Donald Trump signed provided an additional $300 weekly boost to some unemployed workers. This payment was in addition to their state-administered benefit of $600 weekly payment under the 2020 CARES Act, which expired in late July. Hopefully, Congress will pass another stimulus package to extend all federally funded financial aids.

While many remain hopeful of a new stimulus package, hundreds of Americans are still yet to receive the additional support. Also, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funded program Lost Wages rolled out abruptly across the nation worsening the situation of states receiving any additional support.

A September 11 deadline was given for an additional $300 weekly boost to unemployed workers, and nearly every state signed up for it. States like Montana, West Virginia, and Kentucky pushed for an additional $100, making it a total of $400 weekly boost. However, South Dakota declined federal funding.

According to FEMA, states that have been approved for the program would receive financial aid for a maximum of six weeks from August 1 to September 5. Unemployed workers in some states may expect $1,800 and others $2,400 worth of federal jobless aid.

States that successfully reconfigured their unemployment systems immediately started administering aids to unemployed workers by mid-August.