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EDD Claims & Existing Programs: What You Need to Know

If you are currently receiving EDD funds you should know that federal benefits expire at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, September 4, 2021. Any pending payments involving these federal programs will be processed retroactively after the September 4 deadline if a claimant is later determined eligible. This applies to the following:

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA): The week ending September 4 is the last payable week for PUA benefits. The expiration of the federal benefits and federal funding eliminates the program for any claims arising from unemployment (or reduced wages) after that date. For 30 days after this expiration, the Department will continue to take new applications so long as the period of unemployment benefits sought is before September 4.
Pandemic Unemployment Emergency Compensation (PEUC): The week ending September 4 is the last payable week of Pandemic Unemployment Emergency Compensation (PEUC). No regular state UI claimants will be eligible for this extension of benefits for weeks of full or partial unemployment ending after September 4.
Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC): The week ending September 4 is the last week of unemployment for which the $300 federal supplement to state and federal unemployment benefits will be paid under the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program.
Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation (MEUC): The week ending September 4 is the last week of unemployment for which the $100 supplement will be paid to Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation (MEUC) claimants. The application deadline for this program is September 6.

For more information on the programs that are expiring, EDD has created a Federal Unemployment Benefits chart.

Full federal reimbursement for the Work Sharing Program also expires September 4. Federal funding to support reimbursement for employers who do not contribute to the State's Trust Fund will also expire on September 4.

California offers many benefit programs to aid people as federal benefits expire:

Up to $234 per person per month in food assistance-whether you are working or not- through GetCalFresh.org.
Rental assistance-including 100 percent back rent and future rent-through HousingIsKey.com or at the Rent Relief Call Center: 1-833-430-2122.
Cash aid and services for families with children through the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program.
Health insurance-for as low as $1 per month-through Covered California.
Up to $8,000 in tax credits through the California Earned Income Tax Credit and the Young Child Tax Credit (CalEITC4Me).

EDD also offers many services to assist people looking for safe and suitable work and get training. That includes the CalJOBS online labor exchange system, as well as the job search assistance, resume and interview preparation, and access to job training available through America's Job Center of California (AJCC) locations throughout the state. EDD has also provided new resources to help claimants find jobs and get job training at the Returning to Work webpage.

More information about the new conditional payment program is available on the Claim Status webpage.

Do you need help with an EDD claim?

My office is here to assist you and make sure your EDD experience goes as smoothly as it can. Select your zip code below to start filling out the EDD Request for Assistance Form and we will get back to you as quickly as possible.

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REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE AND AUTHORIZATION FOR RELEASE OF INFORMATION

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By completing this form, I am requesting the Office of Assemblymember Cervantes (the “Assemblymember”) to assist me in working with the Employment Development Department (EDD) on my claim. I acknowledge that this may require the release of information contained in my records the dissemination of which may be prohibited by law. Therefore, I hereby authorize EDD and the Assemblymember to share all relevant portions of my records with each other, and to discuss matters relating to those records and my claim, until my claim is resolved.

I agree that I will not submit any personal identifiable information through this form that is not specifically requested. If the Assemblymember’s office needs additional information, such as my EDD number, the office will contact me to request that information.

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