Governor Stitt announced the State of Oklahoma submitted a grant application to start the process of implementing the Lost Wages Assistance program.
LWA provides unemployment claimants with an extra $300 per week in benefits. It will start on or after Aug. 1, 2020 and end no later than, Dec. 27, 2020.
Once the application is approved for the LWA program, FEMA will fund the $300 per week benefit. Oklahoma will then fulfill the 25 percent match through funding that's already being paid out in regular unemployment benefits.
As we are months ahead of other states in our recovery and Oklahoma is open for business, many Oklahomans have returned to work or are in training to take on a new career. However, we also want to continue to help those who are still working to secure employment. The teams at the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management have submitted the FEMA grant application to begin the process to allow the state to provide $300 in weekly benefits under the Lost Wages Assistance program announced by President Trump.
To qualify for the LWA program, Oklahomans will need to show proof of unemployment or partial unemployment due the coronavirus pandemic. The state will also have to confirm the person is receiving at least $100 of OESC unemployment benefits.
"With the FEMA application submitted, we will now wait to hear back on the application and begin the process of executing on the federal benefit amount for eligible claimants," said OESC Interim Executive Director Shelley Zumwalt. "Working with legacy technology to implement this benefit will hinder the agency's ability to make quick changes to the system, but our team will work as fast as possible given the constraints that exist dealing with 40-year-old technology. Regardless of the timeline, the benefit will be retroactive to Aug. 1, and all eligible claimants will receive back pay to that date once changes to the system have been put into production."
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