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    GovernmentMortgageAssistancesky ODJFS advocating extension of crisis jobless benefits

    Estimates 200 thousand would certainly lose state assistance following this week  if congress fails to act.

    Tightly on the heels of the Labor Department statement that nationwide jobless claims increased by unexpectedly last week following a sharp fall the prior week, The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said it is recommending Congress to act quickly to prolong deadlines for the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) plan.

    In the event that no extension passes by Saturday, ODJFS estimates nearly 200,Thousand Ohioans who receive standard unemployment benefits won’t be qualified to receive extended benefits, and the amount will probably continue to rise.

    Additionally, the agency talked about more than 232,Thousand Ohioans receiving extended benefits shall be ineligible for the next "tier" of benefits. Simply no extended benefits will be given after July 31.

    Suitable claimants may well collect up to Twenty six weeks of "standard" unemployment benefits. Nonetheless, because of the Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008, those who exhaust all Twenty six weeks are eligible for extensions.

    Congress has extended benefit deadlines 3 times since 2008. Previous extensions developed 2 "tiers" of benefits: Tier 1 (up to 20 additional weeks of benefits) and Tier Two (up to Thirteen additional weeks of benefits). The newest extension, in The fall of 2009, added 1 extra week towards the Tier 2 benefits and then developed two entirely different tiers: Tier Three (up to 13 further weeks of benefits) and Tier 4 (up to six further weeks).

    The actual Labor Department said Thursday that first-time claims for unemployment benefits went up by Thirty-one,Thousand to a seasonally adjusted 473,000.

    The actual increase followed a decrease of 41,000 in the preceding week, which had raised expectations that the labor marketplace may very well be increasing. There have been 8.4 million careers dropped since the recession started in December 2007.

    Thursday’s news deflated analysts’ hopes that new claims would certainly still decline. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected new claims to fall modestly.

    As of Feb. Thirteen, ODJFS advised more than 432,000 Ohioans were benefiting from unemployment compensation

    If you are collecting unemployment, or know someone who is, then this is something you should be worried about.  YOU must act to either contact your representative by https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

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