The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has set Oct. 26 as the new deadline by which people on unemployment must certify their eligibility if they want to claim Lost Wages Assistance program payments.
State officials estimate that between 70,000 and 80,000 Coloradans eligible for the program known as LWA have not called or logged into the state’s automated system to certify that they were out of work because of the COVID-19 pandemic during the period the program covers.
That certification is required for people who are collecting state benefits to claim the $300 per week in extra support, up to $1,800 total, for the weeks between July 26 and Sept. 5.
To certify, people who collected unemployment during the program period must call the unemployment customer service line (303-318-9000 or 1-800-388-5515 if they lived outside the Denver metro area) or visit cdle.colorado.gov/lwa and click on the virtual agent chat box in the lower right corner of the screen. The virtual agent will provide a Lost Wages Assistance option. Applicants will need their Social Security Number and unemployment PIN. Certification is only impacted to take a minute or two, officials say.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded Colorado $553 million to pay eligible people through the LWA program. So far the state has sent out about $350 million in payments, labor department deputy executive director Cher Haavind said, leading officials to extend the certification period by a few weeks.
“We certainly don’t want these funds to go to waste, and we want individuals who could benefit from these additional funds to take advantage of this program,” Haavind said.
The state is planning an outgoing call and email campaign to reach eligible people.
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