Does Your State Qualify for US Federal Extended Benefits?

Latest! Alabama, Idaho, Missouri,  Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virgin Islands and Washingtion lose Tier 4 EUC. Minnesota loses Tier 3.

Each State's eligibility for the Federal EB and EUC programs is updated every Friday by the US Department of Labor.

Extended Benefits (EB) is an unemployment extension paid for by both state and federal funds.  EB provides 13 weeks or one half of your regular claim’s maximum benefit amount, which ever is less. EB is precluded by any EUC benefit eligibility.  In other words, EB cannot be paid until you exhaust all regular and EUC benefits. EB is a claim of last resort.

Check out the latest UI stats here.

EUC pays for additional  weeks of benefits beyond the state maximum. President Obama signed into law November 8, 2009, Tiers 3 and 4 of additional weeks, 14 and 6  weeks respectively.  Congress approved additional funding of EUC to February 2012. The additional benefits are funded to the end of February 2012. After that despite being eligible, the unemployed will receive no support unless Congress funds the programs.

All states are eligible for up to 20 weeks of First Tier benefits. 

As of May 6, 2012:

• 53 states are eligible for Tier 2 benefits,
• 42 states are eligible for Tier 3 benefits,
• and 18 states are eligible for Tier 4 benefits. 

As of May 6, 2012, maximum potential durations in the EUC 2008 program are:

• 20 weeks in Tier 1,
• 14 weeks in Tier 2,
• and 13 weeks in Tier 3. 

The eligibility of each state for Tier 3 and 4 Emergency EUC is tabulated below.

Source: DOL

The above information is gleaned from US Department of Labor data sources and is accurate at time of publishing BUT always contact your local unemployment office for latest and official information. Check this resource to view upcoming EUC and EB trigger changes from the DOL.

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