Additional unemployment insurance payments of $300 will be going out mid-October, Deputy Commissioner of Department of Labor and Workforce Development Cathy Muñoz said Tuesday. Payments are being funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which announced the grant in August.<\/p>\n
Muñoz couldn’t give an exact date when the payments will start, saying in an email a large number of programming changes are being implemented to allow for retroactive payments and “training and finalization of operation agreements with FEMA and (U.S. Department of Labor).”<\/p>\n
Payments will be provided retroactively to all eligible filers from the date when the $600 federal payment ended, Muñoz said, referring to previous unemployment insurance that expired July 25.<\/p>\n
[State says additional unemployment payments are coming soon<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n “When FEMA approved Alaska’s participation, we anticipated at the time 6 to 8 weeks until implementation. We are on track with that date,” Muñoz said in an email.<\/p>\n FEMA announced Alaska would receive funding under the Lost Wages Assistance program August 24<\/a>. In a news release at the time, DOLWD Commissioner Tamika Ledbetter said the funding “keeps in place increased benefits without compromising the state budget.”<\/p>\n